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WiFi Alliance Announces WiFi HaLow

Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 4 January 2016 at 05:17 PM EST. 13 Comments

The WiFi Alliance has announced the new HaLow technology in preparation for this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

WiFi HaLow is designed to be low-power and work for long-ranges and runs at sub-1GHz (900MHz band). Use-cases for WiFi HaLow revolve around smart homes, connected cars, healthcare, and more. The range of HaLow is said to be twice that of modern WiFi.

More details on WiFi HaLow via today's press release and the new area on Wi-Fi.org.

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