You need not be concerned, because you actually have several options, which we describe below. If you’re an Apple household and your home is already full of Apple base stations, you may be concerned about pivoting away and losing features you rely on, or creating a mixed network of Apple and non-Apple routers. And the company will continue to sell out its current inventory and, of course, honor its technical support and warranty obligations. This comes as no surprise, given that the last updates for the AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule models internals came in 2013 (to include the 802.11ac Wave 1 standard), while the compact AirPort Express has remained stuck in 2012.Īpple has, however, embedded recent Wi-Fi technology in the radio systems of its computers, mobile devices, and the Apple TV.
Having helped usher in simple-to-use Wi-Fi networking in 2000 with its futuristic-looking AirPort Base Station, Apple has finally confirmed what has been reported since at least late 2016: Its line of AirPort and Time Capsule Wi-Fi gateways is dead.
