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Surface Wi-Fi 6

No, the Surface Pro 6 does not support Wi-Fi 6; it uses a Marvell AVASTAR Wireless-AC adapter for Wi-Fi 5 and earlier standards.

Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) boosts network capacity, lowers latency and improves performance in dense environments compared to Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac).

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Marvel AVASTAR Wireless-AC network controller in device manager.

The Surface Pro 6 uses a Marvell AVASTAR Wireless-AC network controller. It supports only Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) at up to 866 Mbps and is backward compatible with earlier 802.11 standards.

Supported Wi-Fi standards on Surface Pro 6

  • Wi-Fi 1: IEEE 802.11b (1999)
  • Wi-Fi 2: IEEE 802.11a (1999)
  • Wi-Fi 3: IEEE 802.11g (2003)
  • Wi-Fi 4: IEEE 802.11n (2009)
  • Wi-Fi 5: IEEE 802.11ac (2014)