Buy a new car in the near future, enjoy 'wind-breaking' network connection speed with Wi-fi 7
Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto Connectivity Platform will be upgraded to bring Wi-Fi 7 connectivity to next-generation cars.
At the start of the 2024 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Qualcomm confirmed that it is almost ready to roll out the technology needed to get the world's first Wi-Fi 7-enabled cars off the factory floor, in the form of a chipset called the QCA6797AQ. Billed as "the industry's first automotive-grade Wi-Fi 7 connectivity," it is rated to deliver 320MHz channel bandwidth to next-generation vehicles.
The Qualcomm QCA6797AQ can also help cars support Multi-link Multi-Radio (MLMR), High Band Simultaneous (HBS), and 4K Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (4K-QAM) features required for the industry-leading stability, speed, and smoothness of Wi-Fi 7.
As Qualcomm points out, those features could be crucial to the wireless connectivity of individual modules and components in a car, and the new chipset could have a direct and positive impact on safety, infotainment, security, or even VR/AR systems in cars — especially as they become ever more powerful, complex, and sophisticated in the future.
The QCA6797AQ was officially announced as one of the latest additions to Qualcomm's Snapdragon Auto Connectivity car platform family during the company's MWC launch.
