According to American technology website TheVerge, WiFi consumers seem to have the most devices in the home all together, why not through it will smart appliances are together?

Although the idea seems to be granted, but in fact most of the networking equipment manufacturers have been reluctant to use WiFi, mainly because the WiFi power consumption is too big, so for many cheap tiny devices, this is a huge problem. These tiny devices to charge usually need several months or even years.

WiFi federation (wi-fi Alliance) plans to change this situation, it announced today that a new, can use the WiFi on low power equipment technology. It says the new WiFi technology allow the WiFi signal travels farther, wall performance also WiFi technology is better than before. If WiFi federation is virtual, so this new technology is more suitable for apparently intelligent family and Internet devices.

The new WiFi technology will be called WiFi HaLow, it will be the upcoming 802.11 ah standard. WiFi federation intends to some time from 2018 began to verify HaLow product, but the first HaLow product launch time may be a little earlier.

This kind of new WiFi technology can make up for the previous WiFi when compared with bluetooth short board, it can be applied to the fitness trackers, family sensors, security camera, or other equipment. Now, a lot of equipment Such as cameras already support WiFi technology, but also in wearable devices and sensors used very little. HaLow would be a more excellent than bluetooth solutions.

Federation of WiFi did not mention the bluetooth technology, but it implies that HaLow performance will be stronger than bluetooth technology. Federation, vice President of marketing for Kevin Robinson (Kevin Robinson), said: "HaLow on battery life and other properties will be comparable with the existing technology."

If HaLow technology can really act like WiFi association puts it, it will have very important significance. It not only can completely replace the bluetooth, and signal transmission distance is farther, also can be directly connected to the router, that is to say, can be directly connected to the Internet.

Existing mobile phones and the router must be upgraded WiFi chip can compatible HaLow products, but this is just a matter of time, like 5 GHZ WiFi was soon to be formally released.

HaLow has these advantages because it is run on a better band. It runs frequency is 900 MHZ band, while the existing WiFi technology running frequency is 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency band, the 900 MHZ band signal transmission distance is farther, more penetrating.

It should be pointed out that, with the existing WiFi technology, HaLow technology will run on unauthorized frequency band, so there might be some interference.

HaLow technology, of course, has its own short board, that is, it does not fit to rapidly transmit data. It is not suitable for web browsing, and more suitable for use in high frequency trace data transmission. Device manufacturers can according to their demand to customize HaLow in order to improve the transmission speed, but the battery life and may have some effect.

HaLow may have to wait until after two years will be appeared in the intelligent family, but intelligent family is still in its infancy and the Internet of things, so HaLow joined the timing might not be too late. Robinson said: "the union said HaLow will play a huge role in the field of Internet of things." But he also admitted that WiFi may not be the only standard, no one thinks the Internet of things will be through a single networking technology integrated together.