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22/08/2018
Google WiFi, the intelligent router that gives all the power to the user
As crucial as water, electricity or gas, the WiFi connection has become a capital in homes and, with a few exceptions, our daily connection passes through it when we are at home. Google knows this and wants its system to be the zenith of homes. To settle in the address, the company of Mountain View launched last June its intelligent system of Google WiFi routers, which were relegated to go on the market at the same time as their Google Home speakers.
The virtue of Google WiFi is based on putting the user in the center of the connection at home. Being able to worry about its use and connect to the internet is as simple and comfortable as possible, while giving you the control to know and manage the wireless connection that has been established at home.
The first point in which Google presumes simplicity with its WiFi is in the installation. Simply download an application on the mobile, plug and pair. In a few minutes the user will have multiplied the WiFi signal in their home considerably and making the coverage reach corners that previously did not reach your home router.
Whether with a unit or creating a network mesh with several units, Google WiFi allows coverage throughout the house in a stable manner. Depending on the size of the home, Google recommends one unit for homes up to 85 m2, two units for houses between 85 and 175 m2 and 3 units for buildings up to 255 m2. The process to install each unit is as simple in all cases and you can grow the network with an additional Google WiFi at the time you want.
The simplicity of installation is extrapolated to the true strong point of the system: controlling and distributing the signal throughout the home. Google puts in the hands of the user the administration of the devices that are being used at home: the user knows at each moment what devices are connected, what connection they receive and modify it if they wish. For example, you can give priority to connection to television when you want to play a movie by streaming to have the greatest possible bandwidth or restrict the connection of children's smartphones at times when they should be studying.
The great objective of the system is that the user always has the connection in the best possible way, therefore, if you have several Google Wi-Fi a mesh network will be created between them that will automatically balance to reinforce the stays in which each moment have more connection demand.
Also, within the possibilities of managing the WiFi itself, the user can create guest networks-so that when an event is organized, the main connection does not collapse-, establish schedules of use -providing for digital disconnection-, and even have a familiar way with which to prevent the youngest of the house access to certain pages or platforms.
With respect to privacy, Google explains that it does not collect data on Internet activity, although it does use applications -as it does on Android devices-. Even so, from the application itself you can manage the three types of data that are collected: cloud services, statistics of Google Wifi units and statistics of the application.
Many of the data collected, explains Google, serve the company to work on product updates that will allow new functions to be integrated, and it is worth remembering that the commitment to a connected home is growing in the Mountain View company.
Among them, the technological giant explains that they have placed special emphasis on security with a careful firewall, WPA2 protocol and automatic software updates to "make sure you always have the most recent security features."
In short, Google WiFi (139 euros for a unit and 359 euros for a pack of three) is a perfect solution for anyone who wants to enhance the wireless connection in their home easily, simply and with a comfortable operation from the smartphone. Of course, it can be short for very advanced users who use remote desktops or VPN systems, which will have to do it through the usual channels.
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