Ookla has found that Apple’s custom N1 networking chip that integrates the Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread radios in the iPhone 17 family “ delivers a clear step-change in real-world Wi-Fi performance ” when compared to the Broadcom chip used in the iPhone 16 models. In North America, the iPhone 17 family also outperformed flagship Android phones when it came to Wi-Fi download speeds during the same time period. On paper, the N1 chip’s Wi-Fi capabilities appear “virtually identical to its