On the bottom, you’ll find a tough rubber base hiding two Ethernet ports (one WAN and one LAN) as well as a standard AC charging port. Before you set up your Nest Wifi Pro router, make sure that your modem is working and connected to the Internet.

Wi-Fi 6E specifications are based on use of a Wi-Fi 6 or later-generation client device that supports 160 MHz channels. The smart speakers inside the wi-fi points can do everything that a Nest Mini can, so you can place one in your bedroom and tell it to wake you up in the morning, with the weather forecast and a round-up of the latest news. We’ve recently updated our Privacy Policy to give you more detailed information about your rights and how we use your data. Of course, if you already have your quota of smart speakers and own a solid mesh system such as Google Wifi, making the jump to the Google Nest Wifi makes little sense. Google's Nest Wifi is about as simple and speedy as mesh routers get, and it anchors Google's smart home ecosystem better than anything else.When I first pulled the lid off of the Google Nest Wifi box, the whole thing slipped out of my hands and the hardware inside toppled right out. Three separate bands, including an all-new 6 GHz band, help reduce interference to provide faster connections for more devices. You only get one spare gigabit Ethernet port on the bottom of Nest's router -- and the Nest Wifi Point doesn't include any Ethernet jacks at all. However, each Nest Wifi unit also doubles as one of the best Google Home speakers and you can even give voice commands to your router or use the points as an intercom system between rooms.

Nest Wifi and even Nest Wifi Pro continue to use the Google Home app to set up and make changes to your network as well as QR codes to pair new devices. This kit contains two Nest Wifi routers, the perfect basis for a mesh network for those who don't want the smart speaker extras.Will I have better range and speed across the network or do the routers slow down when used as extenders? It will ‘Broadcast’ a message from me to the other rooms, but in my voice; it will not RELAY the message in the nice Google voice. While it’s not worth replacing your Google Wifi or other mesh system with this, we’d heartily recommend this solution over most others short of Google’s original mesh system. Google Nest Wifi Access Mesh Point with Smart Speaker Built In Google Nest GA00667 WiFi Point, AC1200 MU-MIMO 2x2 (2. You have to make sure they're close enough to connect to your router and also extend into whatever blackspot you're trying to fill.