Acer might be more familiar to you for their laptops and monitors, but they also do much more than that, such as routers. While they previously had interesting routers like the eco-friendly Acer Connect Vero W6m WiFi 6E router, this time round Acer is going in the opposite direction with the Predator Connect X7 5G CPE, the world’s first 5G WiFi 7 gaming CPE router.
Specifically, Acer are collaborating with Qualcomm and making use of the latter’s Qualcomm Immersive Home Platform for not just the Predator Connect X7 5G CPE WiFi 7 router, but also the Predator Connect T7 WiFi 7 mesh router. Acer says that both the Predator Connect X7 5G CPE and the Predator Connect T7 WiFi 7 mesh router are powered by Qualcomm quad-core processors, and feature Hybrid QoS software, WiFi 7 wireless connectivity, support for the Acer Predator Connect utility app and enhanced MU-MIMO and OFDMA across your connected devices.
In particular, the Taiwanese giant says that their new Predator Connect X7 5G CPE WiFi 7 router will be able to double the speed output compared to the old WiFi 6 standard. It’s the first ever device to combine 5G and WiFi 7 tri-band BE11000 throughput, meaning you could theoretically get up to 3.5Gbps over 5G along with latencies as low as 1ms.
As for the Predator Connect T7 WiFi 7 mesh router, it won’t be able to get you online with just a 5G-enabled SIM card, but it still offers the same WiFi 7 tri-band BE11000 wireless connectivity and can be hooked up with multiple devices to form a multi-unit mesh system on top of High Band Simultaneous Multi-Link for more reliable backhaul and better coverage across your ostensibly large house.
“We are excited to announce the latest Predator routers with 5G and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity options, empowering gamers to take their gameplay to new heights.
Thanks to Qualcomm’s Immersive Home Platform and quad-core processors, the new Predator routers bring next-level performance and speed output to a wider range of players and gaming environments,” – Wayne Ma, Acer General Manager of Connectivity
Unfortunately for those of you looking to give upgrade your stock Yes 5G Wireless Broadband WiFI 6 router with something a little more capable, Acer has not revealed if the Predator Connect X7 5G CPE or the Predator Connect T7 WiFI 7 mesh router will be coming to Malaysia. At the moment, we only know that the Predator Connect X7 5G CPE will be released in some parts of Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa in April for EUR399 (~RM2,025.16), while the Predator Connect T7 WiFi 7 mesh router will be released in the US, Europe, the Middle East and Africa in March for EUR249 (~RM1,263.82).
