I also hope Velop Wifi 6 (MX5300) gets HomeKit support, like other Velop units. It's very stable and I'm happy with it, but bought it because it had a high probability of getting HomeKit Router support.
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Consumer routers are also really low margin. Apple tends to stay out of low margin product lines.
I think Apple released AirPort when there were no good user friendly all-in-one wireless routers available, but there needed to be something for Apple to fulfil it's wireless vision. In other words, they released it as a product necessary for selling other products, but not to be a revenue-generating line on it's own. But today, there are a whole ton at many different price points and most of them are good enough from a user friendliness and reliability standpoint.
I agree with the reason why they made the AirPort to begin with and why the discontinued it as well. It does seem that Apple just wants to integrate with 3rd party devices but I do see that one device that is a homekit hub, thread border router, wifi router, and network firewall would be a nice thing to have (to simplify user experience and drive homekit adoption and ease of use). I doubt Apple would ever let the homekit hub role to be anything but an Apple device. There might be enough benefits to integrate all these functions in one device (or rather distributed over a handful of devices in a home). If there is, it would likely have to be an Apple device.Consumer routers are also really low margin. Apple tends to stay out of low margin product lines.
I think Apple released AirPort when there were no good user friendly all-in-one wireless routers available, but there needed to be something for Apple to fulfil it's wireless vision. In other words, they released it as a product necessary for selling other products, but not to be a revenue-generating line on it's own. But today, there are a whole ton at many different price points and most of them are good enough from a user friendliness and reliability standpoint.
You could go with Wired or WiFi 6 dedicated backhaul, but it’s probably not worth the cost or trouble if your high-bandwidth devices are wired to the router. I went through this a year ago and am pretty happy with Asus WiFi 6 for cost. Wish I had kept the AmpliFi HD hardware for a dedicated IoT subnet.What would be the best option to fully take advantage of the LAN speed thru WiFi?
Actually, previous gen Eero have had Homekit support for almost a year now.Wow that is cool. Are these the only routers that currently have homekit integration?
Wait... Wait a minute... This is it. This is why they discontinued the HomePod but provided the recent massive feature updates. There's a new full-sized HomePod coming out that will act as a mesh WiFi6e router and a HomePod Express that will be the base router to plug into the modem with no speaker, U1 chip, etc.
I gotta disagree here their routers were awesome! Rarely did I have problems with my Apple router. I have this eero pro 6 and it’s good but not Apple good.Apple hasn't made routers for 5 years now. I loved the AirPorts but Apple wasn't the right one for wifi routers. You want someone that's going to stay on top of things and stay with the new features. Apple never did that. Theirs were usually behind the times.
To my knowledge, these are the first and only WiFi 6 routers with Homekit Secure Router certification. I've enjoyed my previous gen eero Pro network with Homekit, and can now get that same Homekit experience with WiFi 6.Actually, previous gen Eero have had Homekit support for almost a year now.
No issues here on my end, been working great so far.I am contemplating this move myself, anyone have issues with the Wi-Fi 6 on their Eero?