U7-Pro is HERE! Testing UniFi's First Wi-Fi 7 Access Point 

Not having 4x4 on the U7 Pro is a mistake on Ubiquiti's part. They should have called it the U7 Lite.

For future videos would be useful if you also had a wifi 6E device in the mix, whether it be a iPhone 15 pro or another device. This video doesn’t answer the question on if Wi-Fi 7 client is needed on Unifi and how much the improvement is. This is especially significant as Unifi skipped wifi 6E in this product line.

2x2 radios across the board make this a little dissapointing.

I'd like to see some comparisons of 6E vs 7.

The iPhone 13 Pro Max only supports up to 80Mhz channel width on 5GHz/AX. The Unifi AP will change for client compatibility, regardless the of width you chose.

everyone seems to miss the fact that it HAS A FAN INSIDE

Thanks for sharing this. Interested in seeing U7 Pro vs U6 Enterprise

Would like to see tests with a Wifi 6e client as well, there are very few Wifi 7 clients at the moment but quite a lot more Wifi 6e ones, so that would be relevant for someone upgrading from a Wifi 6 or 5 setup who has 6e devices,

This would be more useful if you compared it to the U6-Enterprise since those are similarly spec’d items.

2x2 MIMO on the 5GHz? That's Ubiquiti for you, two steps forward one step back and a higher price tag to boot!

Wifi 6's party trick was latency/efficiency 6e's new/larger spectrum 7's is dual band simultaneous connection for a client ... testing them all just in straight peak bandwidth is missing the point of each generation. Id be tempted to get the U7Pro for an AP where coverage/stability is the driver but a U7Ent is the upgrade I'm probably going to get excited about.

For future videos when you are using bar graphs next to each other make sure they are on the sale scale, as this at a quick glace makes them look similar when there is a big difference at timestamp 8:51

I know it is a lot to ask and complicates testing but it would have been interesting to compare it to the U6 Enterprise as well. I know you mentioned it but where the U6 Enterprise has wifi 6E how much of a difference are we looking at wifi 7.

At 6:45 the iPhone 13 Pro max only supports Wi-Fi 6 (not 6E). The iPhone 14 Pro Max only supports Wi-Fi 6 (not 6E). The iPhone 15 Pro Max supports Wi-Fi 6E. The iPhone 16 Pro series will support Wi-Fi 7.

was about time for the 2.5g port but 2x2 is really disappointing, especially considering it costs $30 more than the U6 Pro

They finalized/certified the WiFi7 today, we 've already read articles.

Great video, and I'll watch even more with the telecom pronunciation of MIMO 🙂

I don't understand how they can market a 5,7Gbps speed (even if max theoric) in a device with a 2.5Gbps ethernet port

NIC video. If I am depending on my phone for “ultra-fast” WiFi, I am in big trouble. Get if you really have a high density situation. Thanks for your work

Would be awesome to see a comparison with the U6-Enterprise / WiFi 6E.

I'm really hoping that you get your hands on (or already have your hands on) a Cloud Gateway Ultra.

I just became a Ubiquiti user a month ago and bought my first Dream Machine Pro SE. Along with the DMSE I also got a U6 Pro and I'm very pleased with it. To be honest, I wouldn't even know the different between wifi 6 or 7. I test my mobile speeds daily. I average between 920 and 980 mps download and around 24 to 27 mps upload.

Good video. There are always more things that would have been interesting to see when it comes to AP testing. One small detail that I personally think makes a big difference is to make sure you have the same scale on the y-axis when you compare the speeds of the Pixel 8 and the iPhone 13 (I think the graph for Pixel 8 went from 0 to 1000 and for the iPhone it was 0 to 750 or something like that). That would have made it much easier to actually clearly see the speed difference between the two.

Chris, what power strip is on your desk with the red usb cable plugged in?

1 thing that should of been added to the U7-Pro is either a 5 or 10 GbE uplink, but 4x4 mimo or 6x6 or even 8x8 would of been a nice upgrade

I fully agree with your last comment. We still have time before this becomes mainstreem. Enjoy Wifi 6 and Wifi 6E

Great info

My use case for wifi7 would be to transfer files more quickly to my home lab / NAS, though this would only be particularly useful on the laptop that I work on, and for one time transfers of large amounts of data. Otherwise, I agree that even wifi 5 is perfectly adequate for most day-to-day use. I’m still rocking my AC-Pros, with one WiFi 6 access point in my office space.

What do the 5GHz speeds look like on the pixel 8 for the U7 Pro? Thats what I'm curious about. My U6 Pro is only limited to the gig ethernet port. Was hoping to be able to get faster results by switching to the U7 Pro. Other AP's that have 2.5G I've tested I've been able to get near 1.8Gbps over regular 5GHz WiFi 6.

Literally ordered a U6 Enterprise 2 days ago and it came today. Oh well now I need to go out and buy this! :D

If I am upgrading from the nano HD, what access point would you recommend?

Good timing, seems that WiFi 7 certification of devices was announced this morning too! I haven’t found if that means the standard has been ratified or not though. 🤔

What was the physical setup with he test? Phone direct next to access point? Or more realistic with a wall in between…

Not sure if anyone else pointed this out however there is no Bluetooth Management. I don't think this is a big deal for most however, in my SoHo I use Protect All-In-One Sensors to track doors opening and closing which require bluetooth connectivity. I find it odd that Ubiquiti did not add bluetooth to the U7 Pro as they previously added it to both the U6 Pro and U6 Lite (not U6+). I wonder if this had something to do with keeping cost down or maybe they felt it didn't add any value.

Great video! Bringing the comparison with the U6 Enterprise would be awesome ! Hope to see a test using iPerf with many devices including iPhone and the new intel Be200

RE: buying WiFi gear before standards are finalized, I still have some "Wave 1" 802.11ac gear somewhere

Absolutely agree. Up your network only there where you may need it when the time comes. My crappy old phone isnt going to get any better with a new network..

Considdering that that iPhone doesn't even support 160 it did great. Also - 2x2 only is not a Pro feature.

On one hand Ubiquiti releases a product that’s ahead of the curve before the standards are ratified & on the other hand they release a long overdue upgrade to the USG with the UXG-Lite that is only just good enough with little headroom for the future

Do these things support the Bluetooth products such as the UP-Sense?

5:00 small typo on the channel widths for the U6-Pro

Thanks for the update. I will stay with my U6 pros and the U6 enterprise APs. Over all wifi7 will have main benefits only in case of efficiency which I can’t achieve in a home network.

Where can I get the desk stand shown next to the keyboard at the 2:51 minute mark in the video?

something else to note here that NOBODY Talks about. ALot of the Apple devices DO NOT use 160MHz, they are capped at 80MHz

Looking forward to Ubiquiti's lineup of WiFi7 NanoStations! Hope they come with 2.5 GbE ports and standard PoE+ too. I'm fine with my NanoStation LocoAC for now.

Shame its only 2x2 hope it was its full pentantional 4x4

What is the idle power use of this AP?

Thank you for your informative video. I just purchased a U7 pro and would like to know if the Unifi POE+ injector will limit the througput to 1gpbs or if it will support the full bandwidth of the U7 pro. Ubiquiti is ambiguous about the speed and throughput supported by the injector and I can't seem to find any definitive answer on the Unifi forums. Thanks!

Have to agree with others about 2x2 being used on all bands. This really doesn't feel like a pro product.

Can we get some comparisons to other vendors? Omada, Aruba instant on?

Would it work well if I had two AP's one wifi 7 and one wifi 6 and set wifi 6 to 2.4 only and the wifi 7 to 5 and 6 only. Letting the few things not hard wired that are 2.4 only to connect to the one and everything else to the other? Thanks.

With my laptop with the intel BE card, i get 1900 megabit speed tests through it. about 1400 with a 6e device. works great

What about Bluetooth LE ? Why is Bluetooth supposedly left out of this AP?

If it’s got a 2.5Gbps Ethernet port, what does it do with the extra speed over wifi?

Have you found that the range on the 5+ gb wifi speeds have a reduced range compared to 2.4gb if the router behind a wall or two?

Will be really nice for some home NAS backup stuff. Unfortunately I'll probably be on my Macbook M1 Max for another 4-5 years haha

I am saving my money for your 1500 dollar network. I have a really old house and will be installing Ethernet cables this spring under the house to include wired connectivity to my main tv and to an outside access point

I want to get this but will wait for the U7 Enterprise

It’s a shame only US shop have these.

TP Link also has wifi 7 . Just sayin.

Love my u6 long range. Perfect for my house

Good video. The main question I have for you is can WiFi 6E devices like the iPhone 15 pro max etc connect to the 6 GHz band of the new u7 pro radio ? Or are they banished to 5 GHz or 2.4 GHz

the LED ring shines brighter x)

what version wifi do most phones use? Samsung, iPhones, etc.

we need to see a 4x4 antenna wifi 7 access point.

New subscriber, love your videos. I am building a new home network and I am looking at getting (5) U7 pro devices. I am also looking at getting the USW 24 POE switch however with the max watts at 95watts am I going to be able to power the devices or do I need to jump to the USW 48 POE with 195 poe watts since each U7 Pro has aax watts of 21 watts. Thank you so much.

One point about ratifying, when that happens it usually takes only a software update to get the finalized version. The hardware would be locked in long before then. In the mean time, I'll just stick with my WiFi 5 UniFi AC-Lite. It's more than adequate for my needs.

It would be great if you included the firmware versions that you had installed on each device during your testing.

Very similar to my 6e ubiquiti accespoint for speed tests. Makes no sense for me to upgrade. That's a lot of power usage for a 2x2 access point if you planned on peppering those around your house.

WiFi 7 interop/certification is available today 1/8

U is good for homes. Never for business

I got a raid10 Nas with a 10G nic for 4K video editing directly from the nas. When you think wifi will reach 10G speeds..?

I upgraded to the Unifi 6 Enterprise for the 6E capability. All my phones in my house and laptops all are 6E compatable... So I got a good bump on it and already run the Unifi Enterprise switch 8 running the back haul to my AP's, so 2.5Gbps links and then I have two 10Gbps fiber aggragated to 20Gbps with my backbone on my rack and switches is a 20Gbps backbone and the servers run 40Gbps links (4 - 10Gbps DAC aggragated). I'd like to upgrade to 7... but I'll wait for the LR version... I have 3800Sqft house and two 6LR and 6Enterprises bearly cover me, so realisticly I need a third one, but when I build my house, I only ran for 2 AP's in specific spots.

Will I be able to achieve the same results of speed on my Android phone and on my MSI laptop?

Hi, can you help me? I have 2 U7-Pro, but they randomly get "turned off".

Did I miss you mentioning that it doesn’t come equipped with Bluetooth?

I love how your phone is next to the ap when doing the tests. Ofcourse it will be super fast.

Please test Wi-Fi 5 3x3 devices as MIMO has been kneecapped at 2x2. How does that impact performance of 3x3 devices?

How was the coverage/range walking around your building? I like the Wifi 6e and 2.5Gb link, and am on the fence between the U7-Pro and the U6-Enterprise.

It seems like I just adopted WiFi 6 yesterday, although it's been about 3 years. Never even considered 6E because I've got say few devices that support it. I'm guessing that WiFi 7 will take several years to get to the point where upgrading makes sense. WiFi 6 is still very relevant.

I've been using the U7-Pro for about a week now and was surprised to hear an internal cooling fan turn on yesterday. The U7 is ceiling mounted at 12' high, and the hum was noticeable in the living room about 20 ft away. I restarted the AP and haven't heard the fan running since. Speed tests from my iPhone 15 Pro have been as high as 1029/1278 Mbps. The U7 replaces a UAP-AC-Pro using a 2.5 Gbps uplink. Happy with it so far

I think a better analogy than wifi being a pipe is it being a river of time with vessels being carried along down it. The 2.4GHz band is an 80ft wide river, so you can fit 4x 20ft wide rafts into the water, 2x 40ft boats or 1x 80ft ship. The width of the vessel is independent of how tall you stack it with packets (mimo) or how long it is (how long you transmit for). If there's already an 80ft ship in the water, no-one else is launching any other vessel until the ship has passed by, and if two vessels are launched at the same time, both may end up sinking and both may have to try again later. The 5GHz band is much bigger, but more complex. The 620ft wide river is split into two channels with some dangerous reefs under the water. 14x 40ft boats might be able to fit if they are designed correctly, but only 6x can be normal (outside) boats, the rest have to be special in some way (low power, inside only, or both). Similarly only 7x 80ft wide ships will fit, and only two of those can be normal ships, while if we go to 160 ft container ships, only 3 of those can fit, and all of them have to be special. Finally, the 6GHz band is a whopping 1120ft wide river, but it has a similar set of dangerous reefs which need special attention. You can potentially fit 29x 40ft boats, 14x 80ft ships, 7x 160ft container ships or 3x 320ft super-container ships, two of which have to be special, but again each 320ft super-containers stops 8x 40ft boats from setting sail.

What does real world number look like? I would like to see a comparison with older and newer, 2.4 and 5ghz devices on the system and some idle clients as well. It may not affect the 6 GHz results too much unless the mixed use becomes taxing on the AP. Also not looking forward to a world of three dedicated SSIDs for each band, as I am sure band steering, which already does not have a good reputation will perform flawlessly across three bands and super wide channels in a multiple access point install.

The only tests that really matter to me for this device is how well it supports the FEATURESET of Wifi 7, which is theoretically designed to address issues with 5, 6, and 6e that haven't been resolved for DECADES. I'd suggest the best way to test a device like this is not as the only AP live at testing time, but rather by surrounding it with every 5/6 AP you own, and seeing how well it performs in a "simultated highrise apartment". :)

is there a plan for 7 lite????

Maybe they'll finally update the DreamMachine(s) to support 2.5Ghz.

Looking to add Unifi Bluetooth equipped AP to my setup (AP-Pro) might get one of these as part of my upgrades

Can you test 10GbE NAS to a laptop with new Intel BE200 WiFi module?

Damn, I literally just past my return window on the new U6-Pro i bought. Still brand new in box... Really wish I procrastinated on ordering it. 😂

would like to see tests with intel wifi 7 be200

1:10 Can you come to the DC Metro region?

UXG Light with Wi-Fi 7 does it max out 1 gig connection?

I just upgraded to WiFi6 and the AP will be here in two days. Should I cancel it?

Thanks so much, nearly chose the wrong enterprise 😂

Waiting for the U7 Enterprise

Just knowing the finger prints he's putting on that AP holding it without the clear cover is giving me a twitch.

Always great, real-world content. Thank you!

Good video. Thanks. Your AP testing should use client devices that are capable of higher throughput. While phone performance test is useful, it does not deliver a true comparison of what the AP can achieve. Alternatively use laptops and desktops from PC and Mac My HP with WiFi 6 can consistently hit 1Gb on a U6 Lite

I decided to go with the U7 Pro after doing quite a bit of research, mostly because I want the 6 GHz band access for compatibility with my newest clients. I don't have many home devices on my network so 2x2 vs 4x4 is pretty much a moot point. There's also the benefit of compatibility with future Wifi 7 devices/dongles when they finally hit the market, assuming the standard stays as is. Finally, the U7 Pro is reasonably priced compared to the enterprise-grade APs.

Skipping over WiFi 6E is maybe missing the value here. I just got my U7 Pro because I wanted 6ghz at home, and I'm really just adding a 2nd AP. 6ghz and a wider channel width mean 2-3x the bandwidth of 5ghz in my local tests. For file syncing, backups, etc. this is a nice improvement. Given that I'm spending nearly $120 less than Ubiquiti's dedicated 6E devices, and only $11 more than the U6 Pro / U6 Mesh - I think it's really worth it even today as "just" a WiFi 6E device.