ASUS Shows ROG NeoCore WiFi 8 Concept Router And Claims First Real World WiFi 8 Performance Test At CES 2026
ASUS is already putting WiFi 8 into the spotlight at CES 2026 with a concept router called ROG NeoCore, and the company is positioning it as more than a simple next generation speed chase. ASUS says WiFi 8 is being designed around stability first, targeting better consistency across latency and throughput in real living room and multi device environments, rather than only pushing peak headline bandwidth.
According to ASUS, it conducted what it calls the first real world WiFi 8 throughput test, and the results focus on wireless quality under practical load. The company claims WiFi 8 can deliver 2x higher mid range throughput versus WiFi 7, 6x lower P99 latency, and 2x wider IoT coverage. ASUS frames these as meaningful gains for crowded device scenarios where performance drops usually come from interference, coordination overhead, and inconsistent uplink behavior from low power devices.
ASUS Corporate VP and GM of Wireless and Networking Tenlong Deng emphasized this direction by stating WiFi 8 is about making every connection smarter and more reliable, with a focus on stable performance anytime and anywhere, especially as smart homes, AI assistants, and cloud services increasingly share the same wireless space. In other words, ASUS wants WiFi 8 to feel like a stability upgrade you can feel across the whole home, not just a faster speed test screenshot at close range.
On the technology objective side, ASUS describes WiFi 8 as targeting stronger reliability over longer distances, better coexistence with neighboring routers, improved uplink reliability for low power devices, and smarter spectrum use when multiple access points and clients are active at the same time. This matters for gaming and creator setups because the real pain point is often not the maximum download number, it is jitter, sudden latency spikes, and unstable performance when multiple devices are streaming, syncing, or pushing traffic at once. If ASUS can deliver real multi AP coordination improvements, the benefit shows up as smoother online play, more consistent cloud uploads, cleaner remote work calls, and fewer random dips when the house gets busy.
ASUS says the ROG NeoCore WiFi 8 concept router is still in development, but it also claims its roadmap includes multiple retail WiFi 8 routers and mesh systems scheduled to arrive in 2026. If those timelines hold, WiFi 8 could move from standards talk to real consumer hardware faster than many expected, and ASUS clearly wants to be early on the shelf.
Would you upgrade to WiFi 8 for stability and latency consistency alone, or do you only move to a new WiFi generation when you see a major speed jump on your own devices?
