Customer Ratings & Reviews

These have been an incredible addition to our home!! Our WiFi works amazingly well now with being able to stream tv, be on the Internet, and watch Netflix. Great purchase!!

Downfall: It has only two Ethernet connections per satellite

This system was recommended by my internet technician. Glad I bought it. I finally have WiFi that carries thru my entire house without any interruptions or poor connectivity.

Easy to setup, monitor and make changes via the Ap

using google home and wifi is so very easy to set up and use. actually enjoyed setting up my new network, which I usually dread and struggle to get everything working again. highly recommend

I’m so happy we updated our modem and routers. Our speeds are off the charts, no issues with lagging, AND we save money on the internet bill. Good investment—definitely worth the money!

Finally got my wifi where I needed it. One room( the one I'm in most of the time I got next to no wifi signal. That problem has been resolved. The Google three unit wifi got the fly on done.

Hoping to receive better internet feeds throughout my house.

Was worried about upgrading from my old wireless router and had great help choosing this. Easy set up and use and great range extender, all the way out to my Camper in the driveway!

I set these devices up in my new house about a year ago and haven't given them a second thought since then. They just work flawlessly, even in my detached shop.

worked great easy set up no more dead spots nice phone app

Presentation The 3-pack arrived in what I would describe as Google’s minimalist approach to packaging, devoid of clutter and waste – or in other words – much like their packaging approach for mobile phones. The container securely holds the three pods and tucked away underneath each is a separate box containing the power wart and attached cable. No additional crud to store or throw away. The units are diminutive and feel solid in the hand, with great rubber pads and a centered, striped section that illuminates to show status and activity. Initial Setup Setup was so simple and presented nothing in the way of complication. This is what I expect from Google engineers. Brilliant. You simply plug the first unit into your modem or existing router via a CAT cable and then you connect the power wart and you’re off to the land of mesh by adding the next two pucks to the environment. I personally found the Android app to be completely straightforward, intuitive and brilliant in approach. The app sequences through a few steps that employ both wifi and Bluetooth functionality to communicate to the wireless ‘pucks’ and within no time at all – really – the mesh was complete, the firmware updated and the status clearly displayed within the app. I believe Google was aiming for simplicity and in my mind, they nailed it. The app just needs a few more bells and whistles to be able to compete with less expensive solutions but at this early stage of the game – it does everything it needs to do. Internal Configuration These aren’t your standard faire routing devices and with that in mind, you’ll need to utilize the Android or iOS mobile apps to bring it all together and setup the particulars. From what I see – and I expect the features to expand with future firmware & app updates – there’s not much to fiddle around with internally and more interesting, is that the minor set of advanced features that are present are managed through the Google cloud. Some folks may be put off by that. You can control family time via the app although it does fall short of providing comprehensive ‘scheduling’ control for the radios. That’s an oversight in my mind. You can also control the brightness of the indicator lights from the same app. That’s a cool feature. Each puck only has 2 Ethernet ports, so if you’re someone who has the need to do physical connections to more than 1 device nearby to the primary ‘node’ or puck or more than 2 devices down-stream, you’re going to need to pony up for some switches. Additionally, Google has chosen to not include any USB ports for localized storage enhancements. Just another ploy to push people into becoming dependent on the cloud. In my mind, these facets of the design limit the scope of this system to a wider audience. In a nutshell, the app configuration method is sure-fire easy and should appeal to the plug-and-play crowd that live through their phones – for what I believe is the intended market. Performance The Google wifi mesh system quickly adapted to the existing network present in my home, automatically selecting channels ‘around’ those that were present & accounted for by way of my Linksys router. When I went into my Linksys and forced different static channel assignments, even in the more congested bands, the Google mesh automatically reassigned without any overlap with competing channels. In other words, if you want to add the Google wifi mesh to your existing home setup – you can – and you need not worry about flipping some switches on either end of your hardware arrangement to enable ‘bridge mode’. These things bridge straight out of the box. Again – brilliant. As for overall performance, I do have to ding these critters for not being up-to-snuff vs. my existing wireless network arrangement. I didn’t experience any random disconnects or perceivable lost connections in 1 months’ worth of trials – but the speed was mediocre at best. My home has more challenging wall construction and I believe that this played a part in the reduced performance over ~2000 sq/feet of living space… so your mileage may vary. One thing I did notice is that although it has been stated that these bad boys support IPv6 addressing, when I checked numerous devices connected to the mesh only IPv4 was being supported. I’m not sure exactly why this was the case but in any event, it might simply be due to the fact that these are still maturing – or perhaps the bridge mode approach I used crippled their ability to do simultaneous IPv4 & v6 routes. So if IPv6 functionality is critical to you, I’d research it more before purchasing. All in all I would say that this system should satisfy most people’s need for broadened coverage over a medium to large home with the least amount of hurdles. Summary For the price, there’s a compelling case to be made for selecting other hardware solutions over this mesh kit. Many of the newest MU-MIMO routers are a bit more sophistication in their channel beaming optimizations. Conversely, if a consumer is looking for a really simple solution to set up with a powerful mobile app to control their wireless universe … this will work beautifully. If I could, I would give this product 4 and a half stars but since it's "lacking" - I cannot round up to "Excellent". Pros: Ease of setup. Provides reliable, broad coverage. Small, unobtrusive profile. Cons: Mid-tier wifi performance for a premium price. No aggregate wireless ‘scheduler’. Limited CAT expansion and no USB support.

I love this product. I used to have a router sitting in the hallway between the two rooms that I needed power to and now each room has one of these and no more ugly cords.

Highly recommend for wifi. We live in a two story home and the signal is horribly. Once we finally were able to purchase Google WIFI (sold out every time I looked online) our upstairs has good signal.

Unfortunately my current service provider, Comcast Xfinity, has constant service interruptions making it difficult to be able to provide a fair evaluation of this product.

Had an issue with my network extender in my multi-level home. Installed this system and my wifi has been nothing but reliable. Should have bought this a long time ago.

Very easy to set up and with good coverage in the house.

We have Greenlight fiber and this is the first system that maxes the speed. Big improvement over net gear and great tools with app

Over a year later using this mesh from Google, the only thing I can say is: EXCELLENT PRODUCT!!! No connectivity issues anymore!!! Really really like it!!!

I live in a 3 story townhome and had trouble getting a good signal on the 3rd floor with my old modem and router. I bought this and now I get the fastest video downloads on my cellphone ever.