One thing that typically holds people back from really taking control over their networks is software.

Lifewire / Rui Yang Software: Network admin for everyone And, once you have all of the Wifi points connected you can manage your Wifi network through the Google Wifi app. That’s it, it’s that easy.Įven with our 250Mbps Xfinity service, setup was a breeze, right out of the box. After that, it’s just a matter of scanning the QR code located on each unit, placing, and labeling them. Then, you just need to download the Google Wifi app on either the Google Play Store or the App Store on iOS. You can use any of the three Wifi nodes as the core unit that connects to your modem, so you don’t have to figure out which one is the most special. Understanding that most people don’t want to dig through arcane instructions in order to browse the web, Google makes setup a breeze. We’ve set up dozens of wireless networks in our time, and it is impossible to overstate how awesome the Google Wifi’s setup process is. The Google Wifi might just be one of the best wireless routers on the market, and it’s hard to think of someone we wouldn’t recommend it to. In fact, it’s one of the rare wireless routers you may want to display prominently, which will make setting the Google Wifi in the perfect spot a breeze. The Google Wifi, with its simple white design and a singular color-coded light band, is incredibly unobtrusive by contrast. They were unsightly beasts which encouraged people to hide them behind decor, weakening the signal. In the past, you’d be stuck with these ugly wireless routers with antennas sticking out in four different directions. One of the first things that jump out when you pull the Google Wifi out of the box for the first time is its elegance. We spent a long time using Google Wifi in our apartment evaluating its design, ease of setup, connectivity, and software. Paired with the approachable Google Wifi app, you can easily set it up and forget about it, instead focusing on all you want to do online. Google’s mesh router takes all of these tenets and runs with them, resulting in the Google Wifi, a wireless mesh router that not only performs with the best of them but is affordable and stylish enough to carve out a place in anyone’s home. The way we look at it, the best wireless routers marry convenience, value, and performance in one pretty little package. Keep reading for our full product review. We purchased Google Wifi so our expert reviewer could thoroughly test and assess it.

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