The Beacon Blog

Wi-Fi® has become indispensable to our daily lives, enabling seamless connectivity and access to a wide array of applications.

Many recent advancements in Wi-Fi® have set the stage for optimism about its evolving role in our personal and professional lives.

Wi-Fi® adoption at home and work continues to grow, with Research and Markets projecting that the global Wi-Fi market will expand from $24.2 billion in 2021 to $54.53 billion in 2027.

Wi-Fi Alliance® is committed to delivering a high-quality connectivity experience through thought leadership, spectrum advocacy, and innovative technologies.

Wi-Fi Alliance recently shared four Wi-Fi trends for 2022. Wi-Fi Alliance members also shared their predictions.

X Reality (XR), short for extended reality, is the convergence of physical world and digital world experiences. XR is used to describe immersive applications including augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and virtual reality (VR) – used to enhance or simulate real-life experiences.

The tremendous growth of real-time communications applications over Wi-Fi®, such as videoconferencing and interactive gaming, has prompted an evolution in traditional Quality of Service (QoS) techniques.

Working from home has risen vastly over the past year, and this trend looks to be here to stay. While a user may ignore occasional blips in their “for fun” internet, working from home requires a new level of network performance.