MediaTek become the latest vendor to unveil apparent Wi-Fi 8-ready offerings.

Showcased at CES 2026, MediaTek’s Filogic 8000 series of products covers gateways, including broadband gateways and enterprise access points, as well as client solutions like IoT devices.

The Taiwanese firm said its Filogic 8000 series offerings would provide the ultra-high reliability needed to support AI-driven products and applications.

“We are pioneering the delivery of Wi-Fi 8 across a wide range of applications, including gateways and client solutions,” Alan Hsu, corporate VP and GM of MediaTek’s Intelligent Connectivity Business Unit, explained. “Through our demonstrations at CES, we are showcasing our commitment to advancing next-generation wireless technologies and reinforcing our leadership in the current Wi-Fi generation.”

It was Broadcom who started the race to offer Wi-Fi 8-ready solutions back in October, after it unveiled a trio of chips for use in enterprise access applications – even though the Wi-Fi 8 standard isn’t set to be finalized until at least 2028.

MediaTek joined the scramble in Las Vegas, touting its Filogic 8000 series for use in “premium and flagship devices” with the first chipset expected to reach customers later this year.

Central to developments being made with the next-generation standard include low-latency responsiveness for demanding scenarios through additions like enhanced long range (ELR) and distributed-tone resource unit (dRU), which increases uplink performance and reduces latencies

Wi-Fi 8 is also to feature smarter data rate adaptation and aggregated PPDU (APPDU) to provide consistent, low-latency performance for high-density applications like cloud gaming and industrial automation.

“Wi-Fi 8 will represent a new era of high-performance connectivity, supporting more sophisticated applications, immersive experiences, and ultra-reliable, multigigabit connectivity globally,” Wi-Fi Alliance CEO Kevin Robinson claimed. “MediaTek’s contributions will ensure Wi-Fi is ready to meet the needs of the global ecosystem and remains the essential foundation for dependable, robust connectivity.”

Vendors rushing ahead of standards isn’t anything new. Both MediaTek and Broadcom launched Wi-Fi 7 chips years before the IEEE standards body released its initial certification in January 2024.

Just as MediaTek unveiled its next-generation standard-supporting hardware, rival Broadcom debuted its latest tranche of Wi-Fi 8-ready network processors at CES, with this latest batch targeting AI applications in the home.