The years 2023 and 2024 brought numerous changes to Wi-Fi connectivity. In 2024, the Wi-Fi Allianceannounced the powerful Wi-Fi 6/Wi-Fi 6E successor.
The newWi-Fi 7standard introduced various improvements, including enhanced speed, capacity, and latency compared to the previous generation.
The update promises to boost speed by over four times that of the best available Wi-Fi connection. However, it requires owning a certified router and a Wi-Fi 7-supported phone to use it.
To take full advantage of Wi-Fi 7’s enhanced properties for achieving faster speeds and lower latency with your connection, you will want to know if your phone supports it, especially if you’re in the market for anew smartphone.
In our guide, we’ve listed all the phones that have received official Wi-Fi 7 confirmation, as well as the upcoming devices that are likely to use it.
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Understanding Wi-Fi 7
We want technology to keep pace with the increasingly demanding and resource-intensive tasks that we perform on our devices.
An improved Wi-Fi standard allows us to access faster speeds and higher data transfer rates (the 320MHz channel is twice the channel bandwidth ofWi-Fi 6).
This results in significantly faster download and upload speeds, reducing the buffer times required for high-resolution streaming, while allowing easier access to larger files (reducing the time spent downloading).
Wi-Fi 7 incorporatesMulti-Link Operation (MLO). MLO allows devices to connect and transmit data across multiple bands simultaneously.
That’s helpful when you’re trying to minimize latency in applications that require a live connection (video conferencing).
Moreover, Wi-Fi 7 ensures comfortable multi-device connectivity. It increases the capacity for how many devices you can use and connect to the same Wi-Fi source at once.
When setting up asmart home system, you want everything to perform smoothly without errors or delays/notoverload your networkwith too many devices.
Wi-Fi 7 is a newer standard introduced to address the growing demands of technology and the increasing need for constant online connectivity.
While having a Wi-Fi 7-compatible phone is beneficial, you’ll only experience the full benefits of Wi-Fi 7 (such as faster speeds and lower latency) if you also connect to a Wi-Fi 7-certified router.
Wi-Fi 7 is backward compatible, so your new phone will still work with older routers, just without the new standard’s advantages.
Smartphones with Wi-Fi 7 support (July 2025)
Below is a list of mobile devices that have received the Wi-Fi 7 certified label. As we learn more, we will add more phones to the list.
Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
The Pixel 9 Pro XL has a new name, but it fills the same slot as 2023’s Pixel 8 Pro, having similar specs with roughly the same footprint. The non-XL Pixel 9 Pro is new to the lineup as a smaller premium flagship offering. With the 9 Pro XL, however, you get Google’s fastest charging, a bigger screen and battery, and all of the camera and Gemini AI smarts you’d get in the smaller 9 Pro.
OnePlus Open
OnePlus' first foldable packs an impressive specs sheet and boasts some equally remarkable features. The lightweight design, the super-bright cover and folding screens, the high-end internals, and the triple-camera setup make the OnePlus Open a great alternative to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold lineup.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Ultra leaves the Note-like design behind for the very first time. With flat edges, curved corners, and a massive 6.9-inch display, this is a modern flagship through and through — and yes, that S Pen is still here too.
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Some Samsung phones, such as the Galaxy S23 Ultra and Galaxy Z Fold 5, are technically equipped with Wi-Fi 7-capable hardware (Qualcomm FastConnect 7800). Still, this feature is currentlydisabled in their firmware.
Additionally, models like the Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus (especially those with the Exynos 2400 chip) only support Wi-Fi 6E, despite other regional variants featuring a Wi-Fi 7-capable Snapdragon chip, due to Samsung’s decisions regarding feature parity.
Always check specific model details!
Upcoming phones with Wi-Fi 7 support in 2025 and 2026 (expected)
As we enter a new generation of wireless connectivity, we expect Wi-Fi 7 to become the new standard.
Below, we’ve listed confirmed devices with Wi-Fi 7 support and speculations about some upcoming flagship phones (sold in the US) we expect to launch with Wi-Fi 7.
We also expect theOnePlus Open 2to receive Wi-Fi 7 support, but this may take a while to confirm due toOnePlus delaying its next foldable.
How to determine if your phone supports Wi-Fi 7
According to what we know so far, if your phone hasQualcomm’s FastConnect 7800network adapter, operates on Android 13 or higher, has a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip or newer, has MediaTek Dimensity 9200/9300/9400 or usesTensor G3orTensor G4(Pixel phones only) or newer, then you’re potentially looking at a Wi-Fi 7-certified device.
OnePlus, Samsung, and Redmagic phones typically use theSnapdragon chip(some Samsung devices use Exynos), while the Google Tensor G3/G4 is reserved for Pixel flagships.
You’ll also find the MediaTek Dimensity 9200/9300/9400 chips in Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo brands.
However, there are notable exceptions where your smartphone might have the hardware, but the manufacturer disabled it in the firmware, as is the case with Samsung. Samsung models from 2023 and 2024 currently face this dilemma.
Even though the Samsung Galaxy S24 andS24 Plusmodels also have the Wi-Fi 7-ready Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, they only support Wi-Fi 6E.
Samsung made this choice tokeep features consistent across all models, especially since some use theExynos 2400 chip, which doesn’t support Wi-Fi 7.
How to verify if your phone is Wi-Fi 7 certified?
If you don’t find your phone on this list, or if your phone has a regional variant that differs from the ones offered in the US, you may want to double-check that it still supports Wi-Fi 7.
The best way to check is by consulting the official specifications released on the manufacturer’s website for the phone, or if you have a Wi-Fi analyzer app available that displays the network details.
You can also refer to your device’s specifications, found in the user manual or box, to check if it has a Wi-Fi 7 or 802.11be label next to the connectivity option.
What you need to take advantage of Wi-Fi 7
Without actually accessing a Wi-Fi 7 source, you won’t get all the nifty features Wi-Fi 7 has to offer, even if you went out of your way to grab a Wi-Fi 7-certified smartphone.
AlthoughWi-Fi 7 routersdon’t come cheap, they bring in a sizable upgrade for your speed and latency. So verify you’re well prepared ahead of time.
