[ Gearbest Technology News]This week, Apple officially released the new Mac mini, iMac and MacBook Pro. The new products are all equipped with faster and more efficient M4 series chips, and have added some new features, such as Thunderbolt 5 interface and nanometer technology on some models. Textured screen options. However, it is regrettable that the new M4 Mac model does not support the latest Wi-Fi 7 standard as expected, and still uses Wi-Fi 6E technology.
Although Wi-Fi 6E technology already allows M4 series Macs to access the 6GHz band on supported routers, it is not the most cutting-edge wireless technology in the current market. Surprisingly, Apple chose to give up the Wi-Fi 7 upgrade on the new Mac. At the same time, the iPhone 16 series released in September this year was the first to be equipped with the Wi-Fi 7 chip provided by Broadcom, supporting The latest 802.11be Wi-Fi 7 standard and 2×2 MIMO function.
According to Apple’s Wi-Fi specifications page, the Wi-Fi 7 chip of the iPhone 16 series has a maximum data transfer rate of 2400Mb/s and a maximum channel bandwidth of 160MHz, which is the same as the iPhone 15 Pro series and M3 with Wi-Fi 6E technology. Mac models are similar, offering higher connection speeds but not taking advantage of Wi-Fi 7’s full potential. Although the Wi-Fi 7 standard supports a larger bandwidth of 320MHz to meet the connection needs of more devices, Apple limits the bandwidth to 160MHz in the iPhone 16’s Wi-Fi 7 implementation, which cannot fully utilize its theoretical speed. However, the Phone 16 series supports multi-link operation (MLO), which can connect multiple frequency bands simultaneously on supported networks, allowing for faster data transmission and lower latency.
As for the M4 series Mac models, it is entirely possible that Apple will introduce Wi-Fi 7 chips with no bandwidth limitations for higher-end models such as M4 Pro and M4 Max, but this has not yet been achieved. Considering that many users will use Mac devices for many years, it is indeed intriguing that Apple has given up adding this kind of future-proof feature to the Mac series. For possible future network upgrades, the MLO function can bring lower latency and smoother experience for gaming, streaming and video conferencing applications, which will be particularly important in the next few years.
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