Google will end support for the Google Wifi app in July, the company tells CNET. The app had long served as the control center for the original Google Wifi mesh router -- now users will need to control their home network and router settings in the Google Home app, which already houses controls for the second-gen Nest Wifi mesh router, as well as Google Assistant and Chromecast devices.
Google Wifi App Ipad
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The Google Wi-Fi mesh router.
Google Wifi App Says Offline
- Open the Google Wifi app, and begin the setup process. Your phone will look for nearby devices, and when prompted you'll need to scan the QR code on the bottom of the Wi-Fi point. Doing so creates.
- Google is known for overlapping multiple apps at once — just look at its messaging strategy. While both Google Wifi and Nest Wifi have a dedicated app for controlling and monitoring your.
'We want to make it easier to manage all of your devices in one place, so we've migrated Wi-Fi functionality into the Google Home app,' a Google spokesperson said. 'Nest Wifi has always been set up in the Google Home app, so we're now bringing this same functionality to existing Google Wifi users.'
Google Wifi App Speed Test
Starting May 25, 2021, Google Wifi users will only be able to add new devices, modify, expand, or create networks through the Google Home app and not the Google Wifi app anymore. You can still use. For starters, Google Wifi is an AC1200 mesh system, which means that the combined top speeds of its 2.4 and 5GHz bands is 1,200 Mbps. With Nest Wifi, that speed rating jumps up to AC2200, so.
Here's how that transition will work. Starting May 25, Google Wifi users will only be able to add new devices or expand upon an existing setup by using the Google Home app. Then, in July, Google will end support for the Google Wifi app, remove it from all app markets and ask users to migrate their system controls over to Google Home.
To do that, you'll need to tap the plus icon in the top left corner of the Google Home app's home screen, select 'Import Google Wifi Network,' and follow the on-screen instructions. Users of Google's OnHub router will be able to migrate controls to the Google Home app as well, Google tells CNET.
The company points out that the Google Home app offers additional Wi-Fi features like network insights, improved teleconferencing and Google Assistant voice support for hands-free speed tests and network pauses. If you're using Google Assistant or Chromecast devices as well, having a single point of control for everything seems like a good way to reduce app bloat.
For a time, the Google Wifi app included access to a handful of advanced network settings that weren't in the Google Home app, including DNS and Universal Plug and Play settings. Google largely fixed that last year, when it updated the Google Home app to include the bulk of those extra settings rather than simply linking out to the Google Wifi app for the additional controls.
'Most of the features and functionality that users know and love from the Google Wifi app [are] currently available in the Google Home app,' a Google spokesperson said, though some of those features will come via future app updates.
Google Wifi App Ios
Specifically, Google says that the only Google Wifi feature that won't be available in the Google Home app come July is the ability to track speeds to specific network devices. That feature is set to return in the Google Home app's upcoming 2.38 release.