The Best Mesh Wi-Fi Routers

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Updated: Jan 9, 2020

So-called "mesh" routers are fairly new in the consumer market compared to traditional routers, but the technology promises wider coverage and better signal strength overall.

Since our first roundup of mesh routers a couple years ago, the technology has matured considerably, and several brands now offer incredible Wi-Fi coverage for even the largest homes, and at prices that aren't too egregious.

We tested nine of the top-ranking and most popular mesh networking home Wi-Fi solutions on the market.

Google’s mesh networking solution offers a dead-simple setup, great performance and a slew of useful features that the average family home would need: parental controls, security, Wi-Fi traffic prioritization and more. Plus, it’s one of the more affordable mesh networking solutions that we tested.

You won’t go wrong with any of our top picks, however, some may be more difficult to set up and configure. If you are tech tinkerer, that may not be an issue for you. Also, some tested are more expensive than Google WiFi, yet didn’t offer better performance or features.

Here are the mesh Wi-Fi routers we tested, ranked in order