Google's OnHub promises better Wi-Fi

Google's OnHub was unveiled last week. OnHub is a wireless router for home internet. It went on sale on August 31 for $200. Reports say this is the future hub of Google's Internet of Things.

OnHub is a wireless router which can be configured through a mobile app. It has an internal storage of 4GB with 1.4GHz dual-core processor and 1GB RAM.

You could expect a wider coverage for up to 1900 Mbps since it connects Wi-Fi in every direction with 13 antennas inside. Six of those are 2.4GHz (802.11 b/g/n) and the other half are 5GHz (802.11 a/n/ac), Mashable listed the details.

Every five minutes, the cylinder searches for jamming channels and restores it back to have a better Wi-Fi performance each time. The OnHub also has Bluetooth, ZigBee radio and a 3-watt speaker. Though the router has only one single LAN port compared to other hubs which have four.

You can restart the router and run a speed test from the mobile app (Google On) which is available either on iOS or Android. The SSID and password are shareable and could also be retrieved. In addition, you could also monitor the number of devices connected to your network and how much data are being used for each device.

The Verge disclosed that Google does not track users' privacy settings. According to the report, the router is intended to be used for Google Weave; the Internet of Things platform.

Ars Technica divulged that OnHub is linked to the Google update server via cloud connection. It says that the label reads "Built for Google On". Correspondingly, Google On is the name of Google's smart home system, so the router is presumed to be the future hub for all the OEM that will be assimilated to Google's smart home.

As of now, Google did not give details as to what could be the other usage of OnHub's internal storage than running the software on the wireless router. OnHub is out on stores for $200 beginning August 31.