Customers frequently mention the ease of use, excellent coverage, and straightforward setup of the Google Wifi AC1200 system. Many also praise the improved signal strength and extended range, resulting in better overall performance. While some users experienced connectivity challenges, the positive feedback on performance and ease of use outweighs these concerns. A few customers noted the system's higher price point.
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Coverage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Lightning fast
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Best router I have ever had. The three modems are spread equally throughout my house and not only do we have great coverage IN the house, we also get it pretty far out into our yard and neighbors yard as well.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Setup
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love love love it
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This is the best investment ever. I don’t have to unplug the whole system to shut down the WiFi for the kids. I am able to set up a schedule and never have to touch anything. It’s ran from my phone.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Coverage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing connection range
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I replaced my old Netgear router which used to drop the connection speed significantly after moving a few meters away from it. Google wifi is constant throughout my entire home which is about 1700 square feet
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome
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Great device. Allows you to monitor your internet while you are away, it has great parental control features such as allowing you to shut wifi off to devices after a certain time. Overall it's a great device
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Coverage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great coverage
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Best wifi system that I have ever used! My house is 2 story and a little over 3500 sq. ft. This system plus 1 additional node covers the entire house plus my patio! I have never had coverage this good!
I would recommend this to a friend
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Coverage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great reception
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I couldn’t get Internet service in the back of my house. This has been great. I get service in the whole house. Very happy with my google Wifi. I have recommended it to all my friends!
I would recommend this to a friend
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Coverage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Easy Setup
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I wanted to replace a very very old D-link wireless router and improve coverage and throughput. Setup was easy. I could connect a second Google WiFi over a Ethernet cable due to the distance. NICE.
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I would recommend this to a friend
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Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great product.
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We have had zero issues with this product since we purchased it. Great speed and connectivity and we are using several devices on it...house full of young adults, teens, and pre-teens!
I would recommend this to a friend
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Connectivity
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Its legit best purchase of the year
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Have had several routers to house and have had them as access points but speed is really slow and sometimes doesn't connect. With Googles everything is so much easier and faster. Have recommended to friends and family.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Quick, simple setup!
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This product was very easy to set up (with both wired and wireless components). It's a game-changer as it relates to covering my whole house with Wi-Fi! And the parental controls (pause feature) is a big help!
I would recommend this to a friend
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Signal strength
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Product
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So many features on this product. I have great signal strength on a two story 2100sq ft home. I am able to set time limits to when my kids are online. I can pause internet access to devices on command.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Signal strength
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love it
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We replaced an out of date router with Google Wifi AC 1200. Huge improvement. No more lost connection. Music streams beautifully. Very easy to install in a home with a mix of Microsoft and Apple products.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Mesh is the way to go!
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Mesh Coverage is much better because you can position the pods in areas where you want the most coverage. App is very easy to use and allows you to name the network and add guest access.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best mesh wifi available
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For the price, Google mesh wifi is the best out there
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Not for advanced users or complicated wifi setups
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This was one of the most frustrating technology purchases I have ever made. Before purchasing the product I called Google to make certain that it would work since I CANNOT turn my current providers router/modem into bridge mode (Verizon Fios) as this will disable MOCA and make a few of my cable boxes paperweights as they rely upon this connection method to get cable and VOD. I was assured that this would not be a problem, though they weren't very familiar with what "MOCA" was. This was disconcerting but I figured that at worst I would simply return the units.
To that end I went to my local Best Buy and bought the three pack. Setup was easy and my wireless connections worked far better and my few weak and dead zones were gone. However, oddly the second mesh unit that I had in a wired location in my Family Room was not showing as wired in and was instead working as a mesh unit. Odd, but I thought Google would obviously have a support document to say how to set this up properly. They did...but it was amongst the most vague and poorly worded tech documents I have ever seen, mostly with an intuitive flow chart to make it 'easier' then any real text. I gathered from the information there that I had to have the ethernet cable going from the secondary Google Wifi port on the primary Google Wifi device direct to the second Google Wifi device. Since they're on different floors they were originally going through two unmangaged switches on this journey. This did not work. Thinking that perhaps they meant directly into the Wan port of the device downstairs I switched from my Unmanaged Switch to that port directly from the wall both upstairs and downstairs and it did work and showed up as a wired connection. Sadly, it did not pass a connection from its second port back out to all the other devices plugged into the unmanaged port downstairs.
This is when I first called Google Tech Support. They were completely useless. Not only did they have no clue what bridge mode or MOCA was as my fear was that the Google Wifi was trying to provide its own IPs and was messing with my primary router. They did not understand why that was a cause for concern. Nor did they have any idea how to provide assistance. There main mode of support was 'turn/unplug everything and turn it on again.' When, I had of course done this before calling them. That old chestnut of tech support ignorance out of the way the level 1 tech connected me to a level 2 and finally level 3 tech all of which remained utterly clueless and none of which knew at all what bridge mode meant or if my main router was causing a problem like I suspected. Eventually I seemed to come across the solution myself and disconnected the port going into my living room from the primary Google Wifi point and then plugged it back into a unmangaged switch upstairs. Then from the end of that connection downstairs into the secondary Google Wifis WAN port and then from that ones secondary port into the unmanaged switch there. And suddenly everything seemed to work. Getting off the phone with the Google Support tech I tested the connection and everything seemed to be working well.
Upon waking up the next morning however I noticed that the Living Room secondary unit was again acting as a mesh unit and was not seeing the wired connection and again all my devices connected to it were offline. Annoyed I just figured the wired connection was not to be and disconnected the secondary units Ethernet ports and went back to my previous connection type happy that at least I had an expensive though working quite well wifi booster. However, upon opening up my Plex server to watch some movies I noticed that it failed to connect. Fearing the worst I attempted to log into it with my NAS's web interface only for the IP to come up as unresolvable. Going upstairs I checked the NAS and found that its IP had been somehow reassigned by the Google WIFI router even though it had never been directly connected to it at any point. Groaning I checked the rest of my devices. All of my port forwarding and permanently assigned local IP addresses had been broken by the Google Wifi. This was infuriating but not entirely unexpected.
Throwing up my arms in defeat I went into my Fios modem and put it in bridge mode. I knew if I was going to make this work I'd just have to deal with the Google Wifi as my new main router. And I never watched much TV anyway, so I might as well embrace this as finally cutting that cord. So not a big loss. Sadly, the Google Wifi's port forwarding, MAC address filtering, and IP reservations were completely lacking and in fact worse then a cheap $25 router. So back to the store the Google Wifi units went after another totally unproductive call to Google support whose sole solution seemed to be 'turn it on and off again and wait an indeterminable amount of time for our diagnostics technicians to look over a report.'
All of that said I think this is a great product for someone who has absolutely no complexity in their WIFI setup, and doesn't have any sort of MOCA boxes with their own proprietary connections. If you do, or want more advanced control of your network this product is not for you.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Signal strength
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing!
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Finally a whole house wifi solution that works! Set up was incredibly easy and quick. We now have excellent signal strength through the entire house. I wouldn't recommend any other product at this point. Buy this one!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
So far loving it
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Good penetration in my home and signal strength is decent. Occasionally loses connection but it may be my cable modem and not the mesh. Testing...
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Setup
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Wi Fi
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Bought this on the recommendation of one of the sales people. Brought it home and it was very easy to get set up and running. Wi Fi is not excellent in my house which is 3 levels and about 3000 sq ft.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works great!
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Great product. Total Wifi coverage in 3000 sf house.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Signal strength
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great WiFi easy set up
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I really did not like the WiFi we had from the cable company. Always freezing on the fire stick. Google WiFi completely solved the problem. Very pleased and now we can do HD on the fire stick.
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