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While not quite a perfect design match for its Nest line of home monitoring and automation products, Google Wifi is nonetheless elegant and understated - exactly what you want in a product that is meant to be out in the open, and thus highly visible. With its tiny form factor (a little bigger than two stacked Amazon Echo Dots), smooth, all-white body, and its single illuminated LED ribbon, a Google Wifi point is sure to please even the most gadget-averse home decor maven. Google could have chosen to embed this ability into the points themselves, but Google being Google, well - that’s just not how they do things. Of these, only Cloud services has direct benefits to consumers, because it lets Google intelligently alter the way Google Wifi deals with your specific wireless environment. There’s at least a certain amount of control, as the app lets you turn off data sharing in three mains areas cloud services, Wi-Fi point usage, and Wi-Fi app usage. Lots of other router companies give you the option to create an account with them for additional features (like remote access), but with Google Wifi, it’s mandatory.
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Google Wifi is by far the easiest Wi-Fi router to set up. A Google account is not only required, it’s central to many of the app’s features, like notifications and remote access.
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If the idea of connecting your Wi-Fi router to Google via an account makes your skin crawl, this is not the Wi-Fi product for you. Every consumer electronics product should be this easy to use. Other routers, including the Linksys Velop, use a similar process, but Google has it down to a science. There are, of course, some optional settings you can tweak at this point, but they’re not necessary. Within a few moments of completing this step, it’s ready. The app then prompts to choose a label for the point, like “office,” or “living room,” and asks for a network name and password.
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Then, it asks you to confirm by using your phone’s camera to scan the QR code on the bottom of the point. There are no buttons to press, because it doesn’t have any. You start by plugging the Google Wifi into your cable/DSL/fiber modem with the included Ethernet cable, then into a power source via the included USB-C power adapter, and follow the app’s on-screen prompts.
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Once we downloaded the free Google Wifi app for iOS and Android (previously known as OnHub), and signed in using our Google account, it took less than a minute to get the first access point (or simply “point” as Google calls individual Wifi units) connected and configured. Let’s not mince words Google Wifi is by far the easiest Wi-Fi router to set up. At this price, it can claim value equality with most of the other mesh products, so we were eager to review it: How does it fare when it comes to the real test - fast, reliable wireless networking? Oh so easy It’s no surprise that Google, which until recently only offered a stand-alone Wi-Fi solution - the OnHub - has now joined the mesh networking party with its plainly labeled Google Wifi, a Wi-Fi router that sells for $129 USD ($179 CDN) for a single unit, or $299 USD ($439 CDN) for a three-unit combo pack.
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For consumers who crave connectivity but cringe at the idea of complicated configurations, the mesh approach has been winning hearts and minds - so along comes the Google Wifi router. There’s the super-powerful-and-tons-of-antennas camp, which uses a single device and a lot of brute force to get the job done ( like this Linksys EA9500), and there’s the divide-and-conquer camp, which favors mesh networking to distribute the job among two or more less expensive units placed around a home (like the Eero, Almond, Velop, and Luma). When it comes to covering a home in reliable and fast Wi-Fi, the router industry has seemingly divided itself into two camps.