Wi-Fi 8 is Coming: What You Need to Know About 802.11bn Wi-Fi NOW World Congress · April 2026 Wi-Fi 8 is Coming Everything you need to know about 802.11bn — the Ultra High Reliability era of wireless networking. 802.11bn · UHR · Wi-Fi 8 IEEE Standards · April 2026 Est. read · 6 min Wi-Fi has always been about speed. Every generation since 802.11b brought higher throughputs, fatter channels, and smarter modulation. But Wi-Fi 8 standardized as IEEE 802.11bn marks a genuine philosophical shift. For the first time, the headline metric isn't raw speed. It's reliability . At Wi-Fi NOW World Congress in April 2026, IEEE presented the latest draft status and design goals of 802.11bn. I was in the room. Here's what matters and why it's more exciting than another 10 Gbps headline. Context From Speed to Dependability...
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