Looks like Apple dropped the ball on this.
None of their latest laptops support wifi 6
https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/wi-fi-6-devices-top-compa
tible-phones-laptops-gadgets-routers-thus-far/

mrfxit - 2021-09-02 09:15:00

That article isn't accurate, the M1 Macbooks do have support (as do the current iPad Pros which are similar silicon)

vtecintegra - 2021-09-02 09:26:00

Interesting collection of Phones that support Wifi 6, and by default interesting collection of Phones that DON'T. As for laptops well I guess it'll be a while till consumer level, (aimed at the home user), do because most people wont have a Wifi 6 capable router. Businesses ........hmmm I guess they'll upgrade routers and devices as and when they feel they will gain from such. Perhaps more likely when they roll out a new installation of their in house networks. Many machines in a business environment are a wired connection. So yeah it'll happen but slowly.

nice_lady - 2021-09-02 09:26:00

vtecintegra wrote:

That article isn't accurate, the M1 Macbooks do have support (as do the current iPad Pros which are similar silicon)

Link dated Feb 2021
So 6 months out but still relevant for most ppl that don't buy new devices every 6 months

mrfxit - 2021-09-02 10:01:00

It wasn't even accurate then, the M1 Macbooks were released late 2020

vtecintegra - 2021-09-02 10:05:00

What is more interesting is that wifi 6 brings back compatibility with older versions that wifi 5 didn't support, that a large volume of older devices were still on.
So your wifi 5 device was either on wifi ... or off, (no backward compatibility)

mrfxit - 2021-09-02 10:14:00

vtecintegra wrote:

It wasn't even accurate then, the M1 Macbooks were released late 2020

& this is late 2021 = 1 year
Do you update all your devices every year?

Pretty sure most ppl don't
Remember that even if the ph/laptop/ tablet supports wifi 6, it's going to need a local wifi 6 equipped router to be any good

That was a major problem with wifi 5.

mrfxit - 2021-09-02 10:19:00