Google WiFi

By Joe Osborne

Update: UK users who’ve been waiting patiently for Google WiFi won’t have much longer to wait. The company has confirmed that it will bring the router to the UK on April 6.

As devices like Netgear Orbi and Eero have showed us: routers and range extenders are over. The future is Wi-Fi mesh or tri-band systems. Naturally, the smart home-obsessed Google is all over it with the eponymous Google WiFi.

As it turns out, Google may very well have crafted the best Wi-Fi mesh system to date. Google’s managed to churn out a system that offers more mesh units than competitors for far less with a focus on dead-simple setup and management. The result? We never want to look at our gateway again.

Price and availability

Unsurprisingly, Google doesn’t ask for a lot of money for what’s on offer. Google Wifi costs $299 (about AU$389) for a set of three units – that’s one primary “WiFi Point” (the one you hook up to the modem or gateway) and two secondary WiFi Points.

In the UK, Google WiFi will arrive on April 6, with a two unit set costing £229.

A single Google WiFi unit can be had for $129 (£129, around AU$167). …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac