Google OnHub: Wi-Fi router by 13 antennas and 1900Mbps, easy to configure

Made in collaboration with TP-Link, the new Google On Hub wants to modernize the concept of Wi-Fi router. It is a clear example of design, not look like a router, but at the same time boasts specific survey techniques, and ease of use exemplary.

Google has developed a new router in collaboration with the famous brand TP-Link. It’s called OnHub, and the company calls it a new way to approach the Wi-Fi, emphasizing the simplicity of configuring the mixed performance of the first level. In addition, OnHub is a piece of furniture, as well as an advanced tool for connectivity, whose design was not to be too obvious to the side of the furniture home.

The turning point of the new OnHub is its ease of configuration. The various options can be set and managed through dedicated applications for iOS and Android, where you can for example: monitor the device connected to the router, the speed of their connection and set its priority. The circular design and slightly flared is not only an aesthetic frills, but a structural device to accommodate thirteen antennas.

Six of these will be designed to connect the signals to 2.4 GHz, six more will take care of the signals at 5 GHz, while the remainder will manage congestion between the various signals. The maximum speed provided by Google will OnHub of 1,900 Mbps, while under the shell, there is a 4 GB flash memory required for the upgrade procedures. The router is compatible with a range of smart devices through Bluetooth Smart Ready protocols, Weave or 802.15.4.

Google promises that over time various software updates will add new features. Unlike many other models on the square, whose update procedures are not exactly for everyone. OnHub will update automatically and without any user interaction. Clearly, with OnHub, Google wants to get in a more detailed way in our home environments, trying to ride the wave of incoming the Internet of the Things characteristics addressed to it.

The technical specifications of the product and its exclusivity justify a price higher than the average, but not too much compared to the same market segment: it comes to $ 199.99 for the new Google OnHub, with sales will begin on August 31.