Google WiFi system, 3-Pack - Router Replacement for Whole Home Coverage (NLS-1304-25),White

Google Wifi Review TL;DR version: 48 hours in and I’m absolutely amazed. True to form and other reviews, these things just work, are rock solid, and fast. Very happy with the purchase. The longer version for those interested…. Background: A while back I got gigabit speed internet here at home. The speed is amazing on my wired iMac, but wifi through my Apple AirPort routers (1x AirPort Extreme, 3x AirPort Expresses acting as repeaters) was leaving something to be desired. Comcast had given me a big Netgear Nighthawk monstrosity as part of the gigabit package and when I tried it out vs. the AirPorts the difference was night and day - the Nighthawk wifi network was multiple times faster than the AirPort network. Come to find out my trusty AirPort network didn't support the newest, latest, greatest wifi standards so simply wasn't as fast as the Nighthawk. And Apple has apparently decided to get out of the router game. The Problem: To take advantage of the greater speed, I reconfigured my network to support both the higher speed Nighthawk wifi and the lower speed AirPort network. Why keep both? Because the single nighthawk didn't have enough range to cover my three story, 4,500 sq.ft. house (and the now hard-wired 1,000 sq. ft. guest house) while the multiple AirPort expresses did. So now I had two completely different wifi networks running at two different speeds covering different parts of the house. Not ideal, especially now that I'm more reliant on wifi for my iPhone (T-Mobile's signal in the house isn't great, so my wife and I have been using the really excellent wifi calling feature.) The Solution: Today I replaced ALL my routers with four Google Wifi units. The primary wired into the Comcast modem in the office (downstairs), one for the Master Bedroom (2nd level, mesh), one for the guest bedroom (kind of a separate split level thing off to the side, also mesh), and one for the Guest House (hard wired to Ethernet run from the main house). The primary unit connects to a gigabit switch that then connects to several wired devices. The Verdict: Only two days in, but so far I'm thrilled. The Google Wifi units form a mesh network that seems to cover my entire house in strong wifi. I haven’t found anywhere in my oddly shaped and sized house that i’m not getting flawless wifi. Some places are “faster” than others, but even in the “worst” spots I’m still getting at least 40Mbps which I’m not going to complain about. At best, I’m getting 200+Mbps, which definitely isn’t full gigabit but is leagues better than I could get from the AirPorts and on par with the best I’d ever gotten from the Nighthawk… while covering both houses with a single, uninterrupted network with great signal in every room. Setup was stupid simple and completely done from the iPhone app. Haven’t had a chance to really play with all of the cool features (internet pause, etc.), but the core functionality is fantastic. I was slightly concerned about functionality since it’s a Google device and we’re all-in on Apple gear (3x Macs, 2x iPhones, 4x iPads, etc.), but almost everything has worked flawlessly (the only glitch was, ironically, with the now Google-owned Nest Thermostats I have - the trick is to reset the network settings on the Nests and re-enter the new wifi info). Every device, wired or wireless, has worked beautifully and the speed is phenomenal. (As a note and as a point of comparison, I had been a pre-orderer for the Luma mesh wifi system and had briefly tried that out when it finally shipped. I had been greatly looking forward to it and was so disappointed when the units finally arrived. Setup was a nightmare - the stations couldn’t find each other requiring starting over, but then I entered a slightly different name during the process and then it tried to set up two networks, the coverage was bad, and on and on… The Google Wifi units are everything I had hoped the Luma system would be and more.) Downsides: Honestly, none that I can really tell so far. I’ve long since given up on caring about being able to tweak every little power user setting in a router, so the options offered by the Google Wifi app more than take care of my needs. It was a little confusing when I hooked up the Guest House unit (wired into Ethernet) as a wifi point because it asked me to unplug the ethernet during configuration but then didn’t really give me any guidance, but it still flawlessly added the unit to the existing mesh network (but now with ethernet backhaul). Placement in my house was a little bit of a pain, but that’s just my house being weird - since you just have to plug in wherever there’s a power outlet it’s about as painless as it can be. Final Thoughts: If anything changes or something wonky happens I’ll update this, but otherwise I wholeheartedly recommend Google Wifi. Buy it you’ll love it!

After 18 months, my Google WiFi is doing great. It provides a consistent and strong WiFi signal throughout my home and in my front and back yards. I almost forget about it, but it is always there. I tested another current (2018) system by Linksys, but it was not as consistently fast as my Google system. Get this - you will be happy with it. Original Review: Day One: Loving it... I have a two story home and use Comcast for my internet service provider. They provide a single modem / router which reaches most of my home pretty well. It is located upstairs in a front room of my home. Unfortunately, it doesn't do a tremendous job of reaching my downstairs office and is spotty in my back yard. I like to listen to my Sonos system when I'm by my swimming pool and it's always a 50-50 proposition if my phone can stay connected to my home network to control the Sonos. Occasionally, when I run backups, my backup program tells me that I have lost connection to the network drive. I have tried a couple of TP-Link range extenders and they help, but not overwhelmingly. After reading a TheWireCutter article on mesh networking products, I decided to try Google's WiFi system. WireCutter actually recommended Netgear's Orbi, but as I read their review and others, I concluded that the Orbi really isn't mesh at all..... it's just a really really strong WiFi router and repeater. I'm sure it works fine, but it is more money than Google's product and I wanted to try a true mesh network. I set the Google WiFi up this morning. It took about ten minutes to put all three units in play. I think it took longer for me to come up with a clever name for my new home network than to physically install the units. The app for the system is very easy to follow, in true Google fashion. I tested the WiFi signal throughout my house and compared it to my still functioning Comcast WiFi signal. Outstanding! In places where my old signal was wimpy, the Google system was pumping out a strong clear signal that permeated places in my back yard yet unseen by WiFi. Very impressive. Next: the fun part--- reconnecting everything in the house to the new WiFi connection and new network. I have a 26 port network switch which connect my two network attached storage drives, my television and DVD player and my beloved Sonos bridge. I ran an ethernet cable from the 2nd port on the main Google unit to the switch and hoped that it would instantly allow access to everything. Nope... everything still expected to be connected to the original network. So, I disconnected cable running from the Comcast router to the switch, waited a few minutes and then checked. That was all I needed to do for those devices to connect - just give the switch ONE connection the network running through the Google router. The next issue I encountered was that my Sonos system would run fine from my PC, but not from my android phone or tablet. In fact, it caused an issue where my phone and tablet would connect to my Google network, then disconnect, then reconnect. I couldn't get my Sonos app to control anything. I called Google's support line for this WiFi system to see if they could help. They gave me some good advice: - first, don't expect everything on your network to instantly recognize everything else. I've noticed in the past when I connect network devices, like NAS drives, they don't always connect for a few minutes. Sean, from Google support said that things might take a day or two to be fully integrated. - second, when something isn't quite right, power down your modem and your Google WiFi router - the one connected to your modem. Wait five minutes and then restart your modem. Give that about three or four minutes to fully come back to life, then power on your WiFi again. That can take a minute or so to fully reboot. When I did this, my Sonos system was fine and was fully controllable by my android apps. So, it's still early in the game, but I now have a really strong WiFi signal throughout my 3350 square foot house. I have a very good WiFi signal out by my pool. My network backups appear to be running much quicker and complete without interruption. I'll update this as things progress, but on Day One, everything seems to be better, faster and running just great.

Just thought I’d share some info. I know most if not all of us always hate those dead spots in the house with regards to internet and WiFi connectivity. I purchased up my service with a higher speed (500Mgbs) because I have up to 15 devices running at any given time. Gaming, 6 Smart TVs, 6 IPhones, 3 Mac Computers, 2 Alexa’s, my Security System, etc. It adds up fast. I had cox out to my house this past weekend and asked him how I can get more connectivity in places where the signal is weak. I told him I purchased a faster speed and it is still too slow. The rep told me it has nothing to do with speed as much as it has to do with the signal and connectivity. He said you can have 1G of speed but still be slow if your connection is weak throughout the house. The key is getting a strong signal everywhere so that speed is not compromised when weaker areas are attempting access in whatever capacity/form ie Iphone, Netflix, gaming etc. The cox rep told me that standard extenders do not do the trick. You know, the 10-20 dollar jobbers that plug into an outlet and look like a little cheap box. He also said the standard extenders are garbage because in order to benefit, they need to have a strong signal to them to begin with then the user has to manually connect to it time and time again. If the user is in their room on their iPhone and they leave, go down stairs then they lose the connection to the extender, have to reconnect to the main WiFi router and so goes the story. That is why extenders are cheap. They rarely serve their purpose. Trust me, I have tried this route in the recent pass. WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. So, on to the solution that I am so so so stoked on. Totally worth the money, totally worth the investment. This is a real live, real life, real deal review of product I chose and it’s validity. My cox rep told me to look into replacing my current modem/WiFi router with a 2 part solution. Currently, I have a cable/WiFi combo. I decided to take my cox reps advice and purchased specific technology with the best most up to date technology. Part 1: I purchased a stand alone cable modem. I chose the Next Generation Arris SurfBOARD SB8200 with 3.1 DOCSIS technology. Before the purchase it is extremely important to make sure your cable provider supports the modem technology. It will say in the description what providers support it. If unsure, call your provider first. A lot of times the providers update what they support but don’t let the manufacturers know. Very important step. Part 2: Once you remove cable provider modem/WiFi combo, install new modem. Plug it in and attach the cable coax only. Call your cable provider and tell them you installed a new cable modem and need them to update their end and establish the connection. This does not take long. After that you are done and ready for part 3. Part 3: For the WiFi part (because I got rid of combo modem and went back to a 2 part solution) I purchased Googles WiFi System, the 3 pack because of my square footage. First, download Googles WiFi app. Sign in with your google account and follow the onscreen setup tutorial. Google makes it fast and easy. Second, unpack and plug in power of your first Google WiFi router and connect it to your chosen stand alone cable modem via ethernet cable. Once that is done, the app on your phone will have you scan the primary Google WiFi router. Once you scan it, you name it Family room, living room etc). This way you know it’s your primary point. Then google takes you through naming your WiFi network, setting up the password etc. Super easy! Once you set up your primary, it is connected, the tutorial tells you to set up your second location. I bought the 3 pack so I had 3 total to set up. I took my second WiFi router and put it in my master bedroom as this is a familiar dead spot and is a location that was a great perimeter point of reference to create a triangle line effect with regards to covering the entire house. Once you plug it in the wall, the Google app goes to work, connects the second location, allows you to name it and extends the entire primary signal to this second location. And I mean ENTIRE 5 bar signal strength. Finally, I took my third Google WiFi router device up stairs to the great room which is the furthest most point from the primary point. The google app finished the connection and synced them all together creating this triangle like coverage effect. Yes, the end point gives me 5 bars. Full signal. The Result: So, just to see how strong the signal was, I ran a test from the google app, then from my son’s Xbox and finally from my cox at home app just so I had an unbiased result with real congruence. Well, the result, full 5 bar strength with over 399Mgbs down load speed and over 60Mgbs upload. This was with multiple devices connected and probably 10 running and from the farthest distant part of the home. Now, I am finally benefiting from the speed I purchase, don’t have to reconnect to different extenders and DON’T need my entire house rewired for data access. The cost: roughly 400 bucks. (I’ll save 120 year from the modem rental and after 3.5 years essentially have my investment paid off). PS. Also purchased these cool brackets that the Google WiFi access points clip into and plug into the wall. No chords or cables showing. Very clean for those minimalist types.

At the time I am writing this, there are over 2,000 reviews of the Google Wifi system, so let me just add a discussion of my specific circumstances in case it matches yours and can be of some help. My property has a gazebo in the rear yard (you might have a patio or detached garage) that is a really long distance from the wireless router in the office, which is upstairs, at the front of the house. The gazebo has a flat screen television , ROKU, and Amazon Dot. Trying to stream Netflix or YouTube on the gazebo television was an exercise in frustration, with constant buffering. Alexa was pretty much off line every time I tried to use it. Making matters worse, my home has terrible cellular coverage, so I rely on the Wi-Fi Calling setting on my iPhone to make and receive phone calls while at home. Even though I have a really good wireless router, calls were really hit and miss unless we were close to the router. I installed three Google Wi-Fi pucks, I’ll call them, and the result was more than I had hoped for. The first is next to the computer in the office upstairs, the second is basically beneath that one on the floor below, and the third is as far back in the house as I could place it so that it would hopefully cover the gazebo. My direct cable connection in the office had always clocked in at a solid 100 Mbps, with the downstairs computer at about 30 Mbps and the gazebo at 7 Mbps on a good day. The 30 Mbps wasn't terrible, but it's frustrating to be limited to 30 (or, ugh, 7) when you are paying for 100, simply because you are having to use a wireless connection. With the Google pucks installed (installation was sooo easy), I now get 100 Mbps at EACH puck, and the speed at the gazebo is over 30Mbps. What a joy to be able to use the outside television with lighting fast response and no buffering. Equally exciting, I can now use my cell phone anywhere in the house or out in the gazebo. Here is the important point I want to pass along. Logic may not dictate the best placement of the pucks. It seemed logical to me that I would place the second puck in a line-of-sight position from the first, in a position that looks down on the third puck by the back door. But even though the app reported that everything was fine and dandy, when I tested the relative strengths of the pucks (easy to do with the app), number 2 reported only as “fair”, and the downstairs computer was only hitting 30 Mbps. I then tried moving number 2 to the ground floor, right next to the computer. That seemed counter-intuitive since number 1 now had to broadcast through a floor, and there was now a wall between 2 and 3, but with that change the remote pucks both showed as “great” and the connection speed jumped to 100 Mbps. Bottom line: Don’t rely on your logic. Move the pucks around until you achieve the best possible coverage, which may be in positions that seem illogical. Bonus tip: Although the speed to the puck at my ground floor computer was over 100 Mbps (tested with my iPhone touching adjacent to the puck), the speed being reported on the computer itself was less than 100, because even though it was just a foot away from the puck, the wireless connection was slowing the speed. By simply connecting the computer to the puck with a network cable, the speed increased by over 40 Mbps. Bonus tip 2: Your Amazon Dots and Echos can now be used as a whole-house audio system, playing whatever music you select on whatever “groups” you choose to configure. My Dot in the gazebo is plugged into the TV's surround sound system, and I wanted to be able to have the same music playing inside and outside through the Alexa devices. Previously I couldn’t get it to work because the connection to the outside Dot was just so poor that Alexa refused to make it part of a group. Since installing the Google pucks, Alexa finally let my outside Dot join in the reindeer games. So nice to have the same music playing everywhere. Bonus tip 3: The app allows you adjust the brightness of the status lights on the pucks. I turned one of them up to the maximum setting in order to create a night light for that area.

After suffering with spotty wifi (average of about 15 devices connected at a time) in our very big ranch house for ten years, I pulled the trigger and got the newly released Google Wifi. Like some other new products out there it uses multiple access points (each of which look like attractive hockey pucks) that I installed in various rooms to provide what is called a mesh network that keeps you connected as you move from room to room. It took under ten minutes to install all three access points and all my poor and dead zones have now come alive. There isn't a single part of our 5000 sq ft house as of this morning that doesn't have signal. I would advise that most folks don't need this (more expensive $$ than a good router) but our house is very wide (as a ranch) and the network enters from the cable company at a far corner from where most activity is likely to happen. We had a good router but with many walls between signal destinations, it couldn't get the job done. This does. UPDATE: I added a TP-link switch to make up for the limitation on the number of ethernet ports on the base unit (the one you place next to the router). Works perfectly and seamlessly. UPDATE: If you own Alexa devices this is IMPORTANT. I added the miscellaneous devices I had around the house to the Google Wifi network (like an old Panasonic plasma TV) and all seemed fine. Then all of my Alexa Dots STOPPED WORKING (lost connections). I reinstalled Alexa on each device but to no avail. I then read (via Google) that Alexa gets confused if there are both 5 and 2.4mhz routers available with the SAME SSID. Voila. I had set up the Panasonic to point to a 5 Mhz Google Wifi channel(?) that was presented on the setup list. Changed it to 2.4 Mhz and all is back to normal. So... this is an Amazon Alexa hardware issue not a Google Wifi issue per se. Pros: ==== -- Easy set up though a word of caution. They had a two step install process as an insert card. Step 1 was to physically hook up one of the pucks to the cable modem. So I disconnected the router, did the physical install and read the 2nd step which said to download the install app. One small problem, the app runs only on Android or Apple so I had to find my wife who has the only phone with internet access in the house to download the app and complete the install. (I didn't count that in my ten minutes setup total). Good thing she was home. -- Unobtrusive aesthetically speaking. There are other excellent mesh technologies out there but some are huge and/or grotesquely ugly. -- Cost at $299 for a three puck set is well under what eero and Orbi charge for comparable systems. -- Stable and fast. That said there are some cons that others have mentioned Cons: ==== -- Only one extra ethernet port for the 'base' unit. My old Linksys had 6 I could use so I had to jump on Amazon and order an 8 port ethernet box (under $20) so that I could direct connect my Sonos, Dell Desktop and other devices that are co-located with the cable modem. -- no USB port for those who like to use that for a network printer or HDD. I personally don't, but I'm sure some of you may... So that's it. Early review makes this one look like a winner. I will check back and revise after I've given it a workout over the next month or so.

I finally got so fed up with my SurfBoard modem/router coverage in our house that I took the plunge and upgraded to the Google WiFi Mesh Router 3 pack. My biggest problem was slow speeds and spotty coverage from the single router in my “office” room in our 3500 sq ft home. While I could achieve DL speeds of upto 50+ Mb/s in rooms close to the router, on my office laptop I was getting speeds of 0.15 Mb/s and often my printer would lose connectivity with the laptop. Long story short, after the new install I have great coverage all throughout the house and can get over 100Mb/sec using the Speed Test App on my office laptop. I am a happy camper! Installation: You connect the first node to your modem via an Ethernet cable, download the Google app and follow the installation instructions. Following a firmware update which only takes a few minutes you will be prompted to place the other mesh modes. I placed one in a bedroom on the same floor as the main node and it connected with good/great signal strength. This was a room that would not even get coverage from the existing router. The other node was placed downstairs in the family room adjacent to my office. This part was easy and completed quickly. The next part of the install was a bit more of a challenge. This involved connecting existing devices to the new network. Installation tip. Leave your existing wireless network active until you have transition your devices. Then disable the wifi radio on a combination modem/router or remove the separate router. Devices like iPhones, iPads, tvs, DVD players, satellite boxes, etc. are easily connected to the new network. I also have an alarm system, thermostats and a wireless camera connected to my network. The alarm was easy and the biggest challenge for the thermostats was getting them into wifi setup mode or reregisteing them for remote access. This was an issue specific to these devices and not an issue with the Google router. The camera posed the biggest challenge and hence my tip to leave your existing Network live and transition your devices before killing off your old network. Once all devices were transitioned I found a procedure online to put the SurfBoard into Bridge mode so it would only act as a modem and no longer as a wireless router. My device didn’t behave that well and would no longer communicate after some of the steps, so I ended up just disabling the wifi radio after multiple resets of the device. It’s only been a few days, but so far so good. Why Google wifi? I did the research on the other available mesh networks including eero, orbi and others, but Google was the cheapest. I have no desire to go in and tweak network settings. I. Just want reliable and fast Internet connectivity. If these issues are important to you, then another solution may be more appropriate. By the way the signal strength on my alarm went from one bar to three and now I may upgrade the garage door opener to a wifi model as I can now get a signal there! May also upgrade my stereo in the man cave garageto an network ready model. Just don’t tell my wife! She is also happy as the three “hockey puck” or mini “ufos” are not too objectionable to the decor!

My old WIFI unit was quite old but it worked and no one at home has ever complaint about it so I let it be. Nephew came to visit and told me that the WIFI reception was getting worse than before. The old WIFI did not have any password as the signal barely was strong enough inside the house. The downstairs garage was a dead zone. My neighbors are all far enough that I am sure our WIFI signal would not be even detected. My house is 6500 sq. ft with multi-levels, so I replaced my old WIFI with this Google WIFI 3 pack. While this package advertises to cover 4500 sq. ft, it covers my house without any issue. Set up is quite easy following the app but it does take time. It took me more than an hour to set up all 3 units and all my phones, tablets, desktop, notebooks and printer. While the set-up guide is quite easy to follow, I would suggest that one installs the app before attempting the set up. It would be much faster to download the Google WIFI app via WIFI than your cell phone connection. I use an Android cell phone for setting this Google WIFI. Just follow the app and it is that simple. I was able to install all 3 units relatively easy. The printer takes longer. My printer was hooked up to my old router via an Ethernet connection, so I did the same on the Google WIFI. However, I could see the printer being disconnected on my desktop which is now on the new WIFI. Instead of debugging and waste my time, I disconnected the Ethernet connection to the printer and connected the printer wirelessly. Once I did that, the desktop found the printer and connected to it without any issue. My needs at the house is rather simple and this Google WIFI works great. I do have a more complicated WIFI network at my condo but my condo is much smaller and I do not think I would need a multi-point mesh WIFI system. My nephew walked all over the house and outside and declared that the new WIFI signal is great. He was streaming a video on his device and the video streamed without any issue. So far so good, I will be monitoring this Google WIFI and see if this system would be stable. I was thinking if I would need another unit as my house is over the advertised coverage but this seems to be unnecessary. My son said the WIFI signal is also stronger in his room now. No one said anything before, if I had known the old WIFI signal was that weak, I would have change it long ago. I am glad that I picked the Google WIFI 3 pack. This works out perfect for me. BTW The app is very good. I was able to check and manage my Google WIFI network while away from Home.

I work in IT and pretty tech savvy but the setup of Google Wifi was so easy that for a second I had to think if I followed all the instructions! I was done setting up all 3 routers in less than 15 minutes. Google goes out of their way to make sure you know exactly what you are doing every step of the setup (they even explain what a modem is). I initially got the Google Wifi system to combat a problem I was having with my ISP Issued router. I live in a 2000+ sqft home with an open floor plan. Recently, I had begun adding a bunch of smart devices around the house (switches, smart lock, Amazon Echo (3), smart plugs, etc...). When you couple all those new smart devices with phones, tablets, laptops, TVs, etc... already in the house, I had over 20 devices connected to 1 WiFi Access Point! What ended up happening was that, although the signal was good in every room, the WiFi connection would randomly drop or I would get an IP Configuration Error on one of the devices. It seems as though all of the device signals were overlapping and causing the bottle neck to be at the access point. I was able to prove this by confirming that the closer I got to the router the more reliable the connection got even without a noticeable change in signal strength. Google Wifi solves this problem by allowing me to setup the mesh network to blanket the entire home. I can now move room to room and my devices automatically connect to the Google Router with the best connection. All while using the same SSID seamlessly. Unlike an extender, which requires you to setup the extender using a different SSID and forces devices to have to drop its previous connection to connect to the new SSID, Google Wifi allows you to use the same SSID for all of its routers. Google Wifi is smart enough to distinguish which devices should use 2.4 GHz and which should use 5.0 GHz. This now also eliminates the need to manage 2 sets of SSIDs. When managing so many devices it is hard to keep up with which require 2.4 GHz which require 5.0 GHz, each with its own SSID. Google Wifi lets you setup one SSID and it allows the device to connect using its default frequency. All of this is managed from an app on your phone, so you no longer need to worry about navigating to 192.168.0.1 or 10.0.0.1, and remembering the default username and password. Google Wifi is linked to your Google account, you can add multiple admins, and manage your network via an app and manage the network remotely. Google took a usually complicated concept like mesh networking and made it work and easy to setup. The entire thing was super easy to setup and solved the problem I was having. Super happy with this purchase!

I needed a wifi mesh system to extend my wifi across my 3 story home. I installed the base station near my office on the ground floor in the staircase. I then mounted the slave units in the staircase on the second and third floors. My home is all concrete floors and walls so it was always hard to get a signal around the house. Now with Google, it is just perfect. Installation and setup was relatively easy, but not as simple as just plug and play.

Facilissimo da istallare, funziona molto meglio di quanto mi aspettassi visto che alcune recensioni su youtube non erano al 100% positive. Con questo sistema ho collegato 3 router; uno collegato tramite cavo rete al router principale della casa, un altro nel soggiorno a distanza di 10m più o meno dove ho collegato lo smart TV, e l'ultimo al piano di sopra. Ho provato la connessione in tutti i punti e da 80Mbps al router principale, riesco ad ottenere 60Mbps al piano di sopra, sia con wifi che con cavo collegato direttamente al terzo router. Finora nessuno problema, e noto un netto miglioramento nel performance del smartTV. Unica cosa da considerare e che ho ricevuto spine americane al quale il venditore mi ha rimborsato il costo di 3 adattatori.

I have 1400 sqft house and 900 sqft office, both in different location. so i bought pack of 3, 2 for home and one for office. Started with home, a single unit covered my entire house (the router is almost in the center portion of house). My priority was to get break free internet all around the house and google is doing it pretty well. the features i use most 1. Pause internet. Kids got tablet.also chromecast connected to TV. i can pause connectivity to these devices when needed. very useful if you don't want your kids to use internet when you are away. 2. IFTTT. Google wifi suport ifttt. You can write rules when a device connect/disconnect. I get an email when my wife connects/disconnect wifi and she gets email when I come/leave home. 3. Bandwidth usage : You can check on which device is taking most bandwidth. I haven't find any negative so far. I would love to give bandwidth limit to certain device.Like max 5Mbps to some device. I think the request is already gone to google and hope they come up with this feature. google wifi, google home ,google chromecast, philips hue works great together.

OK, c'est ENCORE un produit Google, et alors ? C'est enfin simple à mettre en place un wifi de qualité et d'une efficacité redoutable. C'est aujourd'hui le produit de Google que je recommande le plus.

Very easy to set up, requires only an ANDROID device to install the Google Wifi App, as it's NOT AVAILABLE in UAE APP STORE!! I'm personally using iPhone, but I installed Google WiFi App on an old Android device that I'm not using. All what I did, is connecting it to my Etisalat Main router with the Ethernet cable that comes with google router. Then following the set up steps on Google Wifi App. I didn't need to call a technician from Etisalat to do it because it didn't require to change any setting on the main router. It was really very easy to install all of the 3 wifi points. Now, the signal is very strong and the coverage is every where in my house. I simply don't regret my purchase!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!