Netgear’s $499.99 5g Hotspot Lets You Swap Esims At Will

Netgear announced its latest mobile hotspot today, the Nighthawk 5G M7, which will beryllium disposable successful January, on pinch a caller mobile app and an eSIM marketplace wherever you tin acquisition section SIM cards for much than 140 countries. The M7 comes unlocked for $499.99, making it a much affordable replacement to nan unlocked type of Netgear’s premium M6 Pro hotspot. 

The M7 features Wi-Fi 7 pinch speeds of up to 3.6Gbps and support for up to 32 connected devices, which you tin besides link wired via USB-C aliases pinch an ethernet adapter. It besides includes a firewall, WPA3 encryption, and automatic firmware updates, on pinch Netgear’s Advanced Router Protection, which helps observe and artifact attacks connected your router and allows for unrecorded information patches. Additionally, you person nan action to usage either beingness SIM cards aliases eSIMs. 

The M7 offers up to 10 hours of continuous connectivity per complaint and tin besides usability arsenic a powerfulness bank. That’s a fewer hours little artillery life than nan advertised 13 hours you get pinch nan M7 Pro, but it should beryllium capable to tide you complete successful a pinch until you find an outlet. 

The eSIM marketplace is nan biggest upgrade complete erstwhile Netgear hotspots. From nan Netgear app, you tin view, buy, and activate section information plans for nan M7 — a characteristic that could travel successful useful for anyone who often travels internationally. Data plans successful nan marketplace will scope from 3GB to 20GB, and you’ll beryllium capable to position real-time usage from nan app.