Q: I have lots of kids streaming and gaming at the same time. Will upgrading to Wi-Fi 7 make things work faster?

A: Anyone with a household full of kids knows the drill: one’s binging Netflix, another’s in an online game, someone else is glued to YouTube, and maybe a Zoom class is happening on the side. Before long, someone shouts, “The Wi-Fi’s not working!” So will the latest wireless technology, known as Wi-Fi 7, solve the problem?

The challenge of a busy household

Your Wi-Fi is like a highway. Every phone, tablet, console and laptop is another car trying to get where it needs to go. With older Wi-Fi, it’s like having a two-lane road — it works fine when traffic is light, but when everyone piles on at once, it can clog quickly.

Streaming video doesn’t actually take as much as you mi

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