At this meeting, held on 1st March, Robert talked about the newer WiFi 6 standards supported by recent iPhones and Macs. Members also discussed a number of other topics.
WiFi 6E
Robert talked about the WiFi 6 and the newer 6E standards. 6E is supported by iPhone 15 models and most 2023 Macs.
He covered:
- Advantages of WiFi 6 and 6E.
- Which Apple products support the different standards.
- What UK Internet providers offer a WiFi 6E router, currently Vodaphone seems to be the only one.
- Using a 3rd party router.
- Checking your current WiFi standard (on newer macOS versions the Wifi icon may be located in Control Centre).
WiFi 6 is supported by iPhone 11 and later and Apple Silicon Macs. Apple have a support article about WiFi 6E including what products support it.
The WiFi 6 Wikipedia article has more general and technical information.
Member Topics
- Robert mentioned Apple’s useful guide for Windows users moving to Mac.
- DavidB talked about vertical mouses including those from Evoluent.
- DavidB mentioned using the UDP (up, down, power) buttons to restart a frozen iPhone.
- Ben noted that the Shazam music recognition feature in the control centre on iOS can recognise music playing on the device, for example music in a video and not just music around you.
- DaveK mentioned Penn Jillette giving his non-technical impressions of the Apple Vision Pro (AKA the magic hat) on his Penn’s Sunday School podcast (note, this contains some adult topics).