Google’s pitch for its own mesh networking products has been to focus on clever trade-offs to keep the cost down, making it accessible to the masses. The Nest WiFi Pro, the company’s latest flagship, ...

The (old) Google WiFi was a series of interchangeable pucks that, when put together, created a mesh around your home. If you had a gnarly blackspot or a house that was bigger than the maximum range, ...

Today at its Google hardware event, Google introduced new mesh routers called Nest Wifi. This is a successor to the Google Wifi product it introduced a couple of years ago, but with a number of ...

When Google revamped its Wifi router product, it extended the devices reach and doubled their speed, while also adding a full-blown smart speaker with Google Assistant. But the company paid just as ...

Easy to set up. Looks good enough to display out in the open. Great guest network features. The network extenders double as Google Assistant–powered smart speakers that you can talk to or ask to play ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

For the past few weeks, my home WiFi has been powered by the Google Nest Wifi, and it has been a mostly uneventful experience. The Nest Wifi still needs a modem to function, so it will be an ...

Contrary to many of the leaks, the Nest Wifi doesn’t look quite as similar to Google smart speakers as we thought it would. It’s a simple, little round with a range of different color options that’s ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google’s new mesh routers have the latest Wi-Fi standards and can act as Thread border routers. They’ll also be ...