A couple of years ago, I enthusiastically published an explainer post on Wi-Fi Halow. Since then, I’ve been looking for hardware to gain real-wo

Morse Micro Makes Wi-Fi HaLow a Close Reality at CES 2025

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2025-01-08 16:30:07

A couple of years ago, I enthusiastically published an explainer post on Wi-Fi Halow. Since then, I’ve been looking for hardware to gain real-world experience with the standard. Many of you have also sent me questions about when you can use it in your sprawling property. So far, you know how the effort has panned out.

Here’s some good news: We’re getting close. Today at CES 2025, Morse Micro showcased and demoed a complete set of Wi-Fi Halow, including a broadcaster and a couple of USB-based receivers. Most importantly, they showed a real Wi-Fi Halow connection by streaming live footage of a camera placed really far away on a screen.

If by yesterday, you had never heard of Morse Micro, that’d make two of us. It’s a Sidney-based Autraiain company with a focus on Wi-Fi Halow chips based on the standard defined as the IEEE 802.11ah specification.

At CES 2025, the company showed off its second-generation MM8108 System-on-Chip (SOC) in the form of a complete Halow router called HallowLink 1. (Don’t ask me about their first generation since Australia is quite far, as you know it!).