{"id":166231,"date":"2025-11-19T19:33:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/testing-shows-apple-n1-wi-fi-chip-improves-on-older-broadcom-chips-in-every-way\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T19:33:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:33:22","slug":"testing-shows-apple-n1-wi-fi-chip-improves-on-older-broadcom-chips-in-every-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/testing-shows-apple-n1-wi-fi-chip-improves-on-older-broadcom-chips-in-every-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing shows Apple N1 Wi-Fi chip improves on older Broadcom chips in every way"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>This year\u2019s newest iPhones included one momentous change that marked a new phase in the evolution of Apple Silicon: the <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/09\/apples-n1-chip-extends-its-custom-silicon-into-wi-fi-bluetooth-and-thread\/\">Apple N1<\/a>, Apple\u2019s first in-house chip made to handle local wireless connections. The N1 supports Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and the Thread smart home communication protocol, and it replaces the third-party wireless chips (mostly made by Broadcom) that Apple used in older iPhones.<\/p>\n<p>Apple claimed that the N1 would enable more reliable connectivity for local communication features like AirPlay and AirDrop\u00a0but didn\u2019t say anything about how users could expect it to perform. But Ookla, the folks behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedtest.net\/\">the SpeedTest app and website<\/a>, have analyzed about five weeks\u2019 worth of users\u2019 testing data to get an idea of how the iPhone 17 lineup stacks up to the iPhone 16, as well as Android phones with Wi-Fi chips from Qualcomm, MediaTek, and others.<\/p>\n<p>While the N1 isn\u2019t at the top of the charts, Ookla <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ookla.com\/articles\/apple-n1-2025\">says<\/a> Apple\u2019s Wi-Fi chip \u201cdelivered higher download and upload speeds on Wi-Fi compared to the iPhone 16 across every studied percentile and virtually every region.\u201d The median download speed for the iPhone 17 series was 329.56Mbps, compared to 236.46Mbps for the iPhone 16; the upload speed also jumped from 73.68Mbps to 103.26Mbps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/11\/testing-shows-apple-n1-wi-fi-chip-improves-on-older-broadcom-chips-in-every-way\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/11\/testing-shows-apple-n1-wi-fi-chip-improves-on-older-broadcom-chips-in-every-way\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s newest iPhones included one momentous change that marked a new phase in the evolution of Apple Silicon: the Apple N1, Apple\u2019s first in-house chip made to handle local wireless connections. The N1 supports Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and the Thread smart home communication protocol, and it replaces the third-party wireless chips (mostly made by Broadcom) that Apple used in older iPhones. 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