In the identical spherical of Change 2 filings on the Federal Communication Fee (FCC) within the US, it appears Wi-Fi 6 assist has been confirmed.
As highlighted by The Verge, Wi-Fi 6 interprets to “quicker Wi-Fi in your Change 2” – with the outlet increasing on what to probably count on on this entrance (and what Nintendo’s new {hardware} will not seemingly assist):
“The filings present it is going to assist Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) networks with as much as 80MHz of bandwidth, up from Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) on the unique Change. Nonetheless, it doesn’t appear to have Wi-Fi 7 or Wi-Fi 6E, and it’s solely crossed the FCC with checks for two.4GHz and 5GHz networks, not the quicker / shorter-range 6GHz band.”
The identical supply gives a fundamental description of this improve from Wi-Fi 5 (aka the present tech for the Nintendo Change):
“Wi-Fi 6 is the subsequent technology of Wi-Fi. It’ll nonetheless do the identical fundamental factor — join you to the web — simply with a bunch of extra applied sciences to make that occur extra effectively, rushing up connections within the course of.”
One different attention-grabbing discovering within the newest spherical of filings is tied to the Change 2’s connection ports – explaining how customers will apparently have the ability to recharge the system from both the USB-C port on the high of the display screen or through the one on the backside of the unit. This is the outline about this by check engineers:
“The EUT is supplied with two rechargable USB ports (high and backside facet)”
This newest replace on the Change 2 appears to have additionally confirmed the return of NFC assist (which Nintendo has used to energy amiibo performance throughout earlier generations). Yow will discover out extra about this in our present story right here on Nintendo Life.
