New WiFi technology is available to connect smart home appliances

The advent of new WiFi technology has greatly reduced power consumption and made smart home appliances a reality
.
Recently, the WiFi Alliance announced a new WiFi technology that can be used on low-power devices, allowing WiFi signals to travel farther and better performance through walls than previous WiFi technologies
.

This new WiFi technology, called WiFi HaLow, will be an extension of
the upcoming 802.
11ah standard.
The WiFi Federation intends to start validating HaLow products sometime in 2018, but the first HaLow products could come out a little
earlier.

This new WiFi technology can make up for the shortcomings of previous WiFi technology compared to Bluetooth, and it can be applied to fitness trackers, home sensors, security cameras or other home devices
.
Today, many devices such as cameras already support WiFi technology, but wearables and sensors are still rarely
used.
HaLow will be a better solution
than Bluetooth.

The WiFi Federation doesn't mention Bluetooth technology, but it hints that HaLow will be more powerful than Bluetooth technology
.
Kevin Robinson, the Federation's vice president of marketing, said: "HaLow will be comparable to existing technology in terms of battery life and other performance
.
”

If HaLow technology can actually behave as the WiFi Federation says, it will be very important
.
It can not only completely replace Bluetooth, but also transmit signals farther, and can also be directly connected to the router, that is, directly connected to the Internet
.

Existing phones and routers must upgrade their WiFi chips to be compatible with HaLow products, but it's only a matter of time, just as 5GHz WiFi was officially released shortly after its introduction
.

HaLow has these advantages because it operates in a better frequency band
.
It operates in the 900MHz band, while the existing WiFi technology operates in the 2.
4GHz and 5GHz bands, and the 900MHz band has a longer signal propagation distance and stronger penetration
.

It should be noted that, like existing WiFi technology, HaLow technology will operate in unauthorized frequency bands, so there may be some interference
.
Of course, HaLow technology has its own shortcomings, that is, it is not suitable for fast data
transmission.
It is not suitable for browsing the web, but more suitable for high-frequency micro data transmission
.
Device manufacturers can customize HaLow to their needs to increase transmission speeds, but battery life may be affected
somewhat.

HaLow may not appear in smart homes until two years from now, but smart homes and the Internet of Things are just getting started, so it may not be too late
for HaLow to join.
Robinson said: "The consortium believes that HaLow will play a huge role
in the IoT space.
But he also acknowledges that WiFi technology may not be the only standard, and no one thinks the Internet of Things will be integrated through some single connected technology
.