I had to fiddle with the placement of the point a little bit due to the unaccommodating shape of my apartment, but the good news is, you can do that without any real fuss. Nest WiFi blends in with home decor fairly well. After plugging in the Nest router, all I had to do was follow the instructions in the Home app, most of which involved waiting for the router and the WiFi point to turn on and connect with each other.
#GOOGLE NEST ROUTER DOWNLOAD#
To start, I had to download the Google Home mobile app, log into my Google account, and unplug the router I normally use. Setting up Nest WiFi is comically easy, with the caveat that you need to do it through Google's ecosystem, of course. From a pure performance perspective, it's tough not to be impressed. Internet signal has been a constant headache in my apartment for more than a year, and Nest WiFi more or less fixed it in about 10 minutes. If you're wary about Nest WiFi's somewhat high price not being worth it, let me allay those fears a little bit. I can't directly compare performance between Nest WiFi and its cheaper competitors, but their existence is worth noting, at least. It isn't the greatest look for Google from a pure coverage standpoint that something like TP-Link's Deco setup comes with more mesh points for $159.99. Still, there are cheaper options out there. That's not nothing, but the router on its own can cover up to 2,200 square feet and each individual point can reach 1,600 square feet, so I imagine most people won't need more than two points. A router and one point is $269.99, while a router and two points is $349.99. The saving grace here is that Google sells router-plus-point bundles that are a little more reasonably priced. The router on its own is $169.99, but assuming you need at least one point (you probably do if you're reading this), those are $149.99 separately. The mesh WiFi market has gotten pretty crowded in recent years, and Google's new entrant is in the upper half in terms of price, depending on your needs. The router (left) and a Nest point (right) Credit: google With just a router and a single WiFi node, I got impressive results, but the experience ultimately left me wanting more. I had the chance to test out Google's newest mesh setup in my apartment, which is a long and narrow Brooklyn domicile that's traditionally been absolute hell for wireless signals. Oh, and every device involved is also a Google Assistant-powered smart speaker. The router and nodes work in tandem to, ideally, create a powerful and seamless WiFi network through a space that couldn't accommodate that otherwise. No matter where you choose to aim your ire, the point remains that reliable wireless internet isn't always attainable in the places we'd like it to be, which is where Google Nest Wifi comes in.Ī rebrand and refresh of the older Google WiFi mesh system, Nest WiFi is a Google-branded router with the option of expanding its signal range through smaller Nest WiFi nodes. Either that or the homes many of us live in suck.
If you're reading this, you may agree with me that WiFi, in general, kind of sucks.
0 kommentar(er)
