AN EERO ROUTER INSIDE ITS HOME PRO
But there are no unsightly antennas or stark black boxes here, so it will fit in fine in your home.Īs we've noted, the Pro 6 packs in three Wi-Fi radios - 2.4GHz, 5GHz Lo and 5GHz Hi, as well as Zigbee, Thread and Bluetooth LE, and can handle speeds up to a gigabit.Įach Pro 6 node is identical. The Eero Pro 6 isn't a massive design departure from the earlier Eero styling of "boring plain white box." It's marginally more squat, being wider but shorter, but otherwise looks just like a smart home hub.Ĭompared to the very pretty Nest Wifi nodes, with Google Assistant built-in as a bonus, the Eero is a bit pedestrian looking and has no virtual assistant under the hood. We've been testing out an Eero Pro 6 setup for the last three month, read on to see how it compares to the other top smart home routers - the Samsung SmartThings Wifi and Google Nest Wifi.Įero Pro 6 Mesh Wi-Fi: Design, specs and setup Sadly, while Eero used to have Apple HomeKit compatibility, that integration has vanished. Eero is owned by Amazon and the voice assistant works seamlessly with the Eeros, even though it's not built-in as Google Assistant is to the Nest Wifi (there's no speaker or microphone in the device). Of course, another smart home sweetener is Alexa compatibility.
You can also buy one Eero Pro 6 for $229 or a 2-pack for $399 if you have a smaller space to cover. The Pro is $320 more than the 6 ($599 compared to $279), but it's still cheaper than top level offerings like Netgear's Orbi Wi-Fi 6.
AN EERO ROUTER INSIDE ITS HOME PLUS
New models: Eero 6 Plus review / Eero Pro 6E reviewĪll the other features are essentially the same, so choosing Pro over regular old 6 will be down to the size of your home (Pro covers about 1,000sq ft more) and the speeds provided by your ISP.Īlso, your budget is a factor. The Pro can also tackle speeds of up to 1,000Mbps, whereas the standard Eero 6 is a dual band Wi-Fi 6 router, and can cope with speeds of up to 500Mbps. This should boost speeds in more congested households (which is any smart home really) as it frees up the main 5GHz band for your regular traffic. On the performance front, the Eero Pro 6 is a Wi-Fi 6-enabled, tri-band router - getting you a third 5GHz network to communicate between the nodes. Mesh systems spread Wi-Fi goodness all around your home, eliminating dead spots while maintaining signal strength.ĭead spots weren't much of a problem when you could just move your laptop closer to the router, but when your robot vacuum lives at the other end of your house, or your video doorbell keeps buffering because it's three rooms away from the best Wi-Fi signal, mesh is best. If you have a smart home you need mesh Wi-Fi. Not only do they deliver Wi-Fi to every corner of your home with their nodes, but Eero routers also pack Zigbee and Thread radios, making them a smart home hub, too. The new Eero Pro 6 mesh Wi-Fi router and its cheaper, slower sibling, Eero 6, are ideal smart home mesh wireless routers.
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