Every Wi-Fi Generation Explained in 13 Minutes

The newest Wi-Fi reaching shops this year isn't one bit faster than the last — and that's the best thing to happen to Wi-Fi in 30 years. We walk through every Wi-Fi generation in plain English, from the 2 Mbps original in 1997 up to Wi-Fi 8, and give you the one rule that explains all of them: low frequencies travel far and through walls, high frequencies carry more data but die quickly (the same reason you hear your neighbor's bass but not the words). You'll learn why 2.4GHz still stutters your call when someone microwaves dinner, what dual band and MIMO actually do, why Wi-Fi 6's OFDMA made your crowded smart home faster without being faster for one device, what the 6GHz band in Wi-Fi 6E really buys you, and how Wi-Fi 7's Multi-Link Operation ends the reach-vs-speed trade-off. The big reveal: Wi-Fi 8 has the same peak speed as Wi-Fi 7 and puts everything into reliability instead. Plus the money-saver nobody tells you — your broadband plan sets the ceiling, the router only decides how fairly it's shared. 🔔 Subscribe to PCExplainer for more tech explained in plain English — new videos every week. 💬 Got a topic you want explained next? Drop it in the comments. #PC-Explainer #WiFi #WiFi7