Thanks to the wifi forum deciding to emulate USB numbering, it is a confusing mess:
- WiFi 6: can use either the 2.4GHz or the 5Hz band, signal uses QAM1024 and WPA3 for security
- WiFi 6E: can use either the 2.4GHz, 5Hz or the 6GHz band, signal uses QAM1024 and WPA3 for security
- WiFi 7: can use all the bands simultaneously
Canon already supports WPA3 on the R8, but not QAM1024, so it's not WiFi6 capable, but a future R50II could very well be. Still on just the overcrowded 2.4GHz band that flakes out every time you heat up a poptart in the microwave.
Access points that use the 6GHz band are coming down in price, but are still mostly 'gaming' or 'enterprise' focussed, so still very niche. My wish for camera companies to be ahead of the curve is mostly to be ahead of overcrowding, being the only laptop to connect to the hotel 5GHz network was very nice for a few years