Wi-Fi Alliance thinks "802.11ac" is too confusing for the public, will now rebrand it as "Wi-Fi 5"

[Redaktion]

802.11n, 802.11ac, and 80211ax will now be known as Wi-Fi 4, Wi-Fi 5, and Wi-Fi 6, respectively. Wireless products launching in 2019 or later will use the new naming convention in their specifications list to better help customers compare and contrast wireless features.

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[Just asking]

What about 802.11ad?

[Ale]

They should have used letters like A, B, C instead of numbers. Wifi 5 is actually more confusing as there is also phrases like 5ghz and 5g for mobile. Too much room for confusion.

[S.Yu]

Unfortunate.