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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_8
Anything that anyone is selling now as being "Wi-Fi 8" is at best a guess as to what Wi-Fi 8 will be along with (hopefully) later firmware updates.
There's already a lot of issues on how each manufacturer is implementing WiFi 7. And several of the issues are a hardware level, so I very much doubt they'll be able to implement anything via firmware for wifi 8.
That’s how it usually is. At this point the hardware necessary is figured out. The specs are not finalized but very u likely to change at this point. Any changes to the protocol are handled with firmware.
It’s really not a big deal.
If they maintain and update their firmware, which they're notoriously bad about doing.
yeah about that
"pre-orders"
imagine preordering a consumer wifi router instead of going to the store and getting one. while there are no devices that can use it. who is this even for?