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At Ekahau, we have been revolutionizing the way businesses optimize, maintain and design their wireless networks. Being at the forefront of wireless networking innovations means regularly releasing product improvements based on feedback from the Wi-Fi community. Recently, we introduced Ekahau Optimizer, a groundbreaking solution that offers instant and step-by-step instructions for implementing performance and security enhancements on wireless networks. With Optimizer, it has never been easier to gain insights into your Wi-Fi and take immediate actions to see improvements.

Below you will find a highlight reel of product release notes with the latest updates at the top of the page. Check back regularly, as we are always adding new innovative features to our products to help you get great Wi-Fi.

New Access Point (AP) Manufacturer Dashboard Integrations

November 7, 2023

AP Vendor dashboard data holds valuable insights, but accessing that data requires proper AP provisioning. Our new integrations with AP vendor dashboards not only streamline the provisioning process, but they also minimize the risk of human error, making for a more efficient and reliable deployment.

With a simple walk with the Sidekick or Sidekick 2, IT teams can collect all the data needed to quickly and accurately set up their AP vendor dashboard. After conducting a survey with Ekahau, the locations of discovered APs can be synced to Cisco Catalyst Center (Formerly Cisco DNA Center), Cisco Meraki Dashboard, Aruba Central, Mist AI Dashboard, and ExtremeCloud IQ.

Check out our complete list of AP vendor integrations for more information and step-by-step how-to guides.

Ekahau Optimizer: New Before/After Slider & Custom Action Plans

November 2, 2023

Ekahau Optimizer now delivers deeper insights with new simulated before/after visualizations to show you the performance improvements you can expect before you make any configuration changes. 

Step-by-step action plans have also been improved to provide tailored suggestions based on your specific network topology, access points (APs), and radio configurations. These optimizations are precisely designed for your network using our robust machine learning propagation engine, working its magic behind the scenes.

Check out the full launch blog detailing all the new enhancements.

Ekahau Analyzer: Now with Packet Capture!

October 10, 2023

Packet Capture for the Sidekick 2 is now in the Ekahau Analyzer App for iOS. Capture packets on four Wi-Fi channels simultaneously across 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz bands, allowing for immediate analysis and diagnosis of network issues.

In addition, sharing packet capture data with colleagues or network experts has never been easier. Our new click-to-share functionality lets you quickly export packet capture files and send them to team members for analysis.

Sidekick 1 users can also make use of this new feature within the Analyzer App, data capture is just limited to 2 channels simultaneously and only on 2.4 and 5 GHz.

Download the latest version of the Ekahau Analyzer app for iOS to start capturing packets today!

Ekahau AI Pro 11.4 – Streamlined, Customizable & New Language Options

September 28, 2023

Our latest 11.4 release introduces a suite of features that streamline and simplify Wi-Fi optimization and troubleshooting.

UI/UX Improvements

The UI now boasts scaling options, giving you control over the interface size to suit your viewing preferences. To improve usability and map visibility, AP, area, and notes options have been neatly relocated to the side panel. Additionally, the Heatmap Legend has been redesigned for clearer, more immediate interpretation and a new Star icon has been added to designate Access Points within My Network.

Additional Languages Added for Multilingual Support

In addition to user preferences for light and dark themes, the language selector now includes Spanish and Chinese languages in addition to English, German, French and Japanese.

Streamlined AP Renaming with Advanced Tagging

You can now use renaming-tags anywhere in the AP name, and we’ve thrown in a shiny new {model} tag for good measure.

Efficient Troubleshooting with Real-Time Interference Detection

The Sidekick 2 now empowers you with advanced live interference detection, presenting the information in a visually compelling format with our waterfall visuals, and allowing for swift resolution of any issues that arise.

New APs & Antennas, Numerous Quality-of-Life improvements, and Bug Fixes

We’ve added tons of new APs and antennas so that you can model rip-and-replace scenarios or new network builds with the latest and greatest 6 GHz antenna patterns from Arista, Cisco, Ventev, Fortinet, AccelTex, H3C and more.

Check out the full release notes for more information.

Ekahau AI Pro 11.3 — Now With Optimizer!

June 21, 2023

The latest release of Ekahau AI Pro turns IT pros into Wi-Fi Superheros! With the addition of the Optimizer feature into AI Pro, quickly fixing your network is easier than ever. Plus, we’ve supercharged collaboration with project sharing, added tons of new APs and antennas, as well as numerous quality-of-life improvements. Get ready to take your wireless network experience to new heights of awesomeness!

Optimizer Feature Comes to AI Pro

Optimizer is now available in AI Pro! The feature from Ekahau Insights that shines a bright light on the mysterious black box that is your Wi-Fi network is now available in our flagship software. With a simple walk with the Sidekick 2, you can get the powerful recommendations you need to improve your wireless performance.

Problems that used to require a lot of time and expertise to identify (i.e. coverage gaps, performance issues, mobility misconfigurations, security vulnerabilities) are uncovered and addressed with lightning speed.

The Optimizer feature, now found in the top-right corner of the inspect tab in AI Pro, understands your unique project settings and analyzes extensive data from the Sidekick 2 to provide you with instant and actionable step-by-step recommendations that will have the maximum impact on your network’s performance.

Increase the performance and security of your network quickly and effortlessly – say goodbye to lengthy troubleshooting sessions and embrace the simplicity of optimizing your network with just a few clicks. 

Project Sharing: Collaboration Made Easy

Sharing your projects with your group is now easier than ever. With just one click, you can generate access links or add users directly from AI Pro!

New APs & Antennas, Numerous Quality-of-Life improvements, and Bug Fixes

We’ve added tons of new APs and antennas so that you can model rip-and-replace scenarios or new network builds with the latest and greatest 6 GHz antenna patterns from Cisco, Aruba, Extreme, AccelTex, Cambium and more!

We’ve also turbocharged the SK2 startup in AI Pro, ensuring lightning-fast launches, rock-solid stability, and jaw-dropping performance.

In other news, the developers have been working their tails off to make your experience exceptional. Bugs? Consider them squashed. Performance? Ludicrous speed. 

We hope this new version of AI Pro knocks your socks off – check out the full release notes for more information.

Introducing Ekahau Optimizer — Your Own Personal Wi-Fi Expert

May 17, 2023

Introducing the mind-blowing Optimizer feature, now available in Ekahau Insights! This revolutionary addition analyzes Sidekick 2 data to effortlessly pinpoint network issues; it then gives comprehensive, step-by-step guidance to resolve problems, saving you valuable time and effort with just a few clicks.

Whether you are a networking novice or Wi-Fi expert, our latest release will help you discover network issues and their fixes faster and more accurately than ever before. Check out the full Optimizer launch blog detailing all of what’s new inside Ekahau Insights.

Ekahau AI Pro 11.2 — Light Mode, Adjacent Floor APs, AP Distances, Wall Tool Improvements, and More!

April 27, 2023

The latest release of our wireless network design software is brimming with new features that will make your wireless network design experience even better! There have also been numerous fixes and new access points, antennas, and BLE beacons added to the software.

Light Mode is Here!

Attention all Light Mode lovers! You spoke, and we listened. After countless requests from some of our most passionate users (you know who you are), we’ve added Light Mode back into our software. Bask in the soft glow of your light-emitting diodes once again! 

And for those of you living shrouded in darkness (and secretly harboring a vampire-like lifestyle), we won’t judge you if you keep dark mode on forever. We promise.

New Adjacent Floor APs Visualization

Look up, look down, look out, look around (is anybody else singing Yes right now?) This new feature will make your wireless network design experience even better by removing the hassle of switching between floors to check the locations of your APs. Activate this feature from the view menu and enjoy the improved design experience.

Wall Drawing: Balls to the Wall!

Our latest product update features significant improvements to everyone’s favorite (ok, maybe not) design task: drawing walls! These new tools are designed to save time and enhance the overall user experience.

The Rectangular Wall Tool enables users to effortlessly add square rooms with just one click of the mouse, creating a space in a matter of seconds, rather than manually drawing each wall.

Similarly, the Predefined Length Wall Tool is an excellent time-saving feature that allows you to preset the size of windows, doors, or any other wall type. Simply place the pre-sized wall on top of any other wall with just one click. Plus, the previous wall underneath the new wall is ✨automagically✨ removed, streamlining the process further.

Distance(s) Make the Heart Grow Fonder

We’ve added two exciting new features to our AI Pro that make Wi-Fi design and AP installation easier than ever! First, the AP to AP Distance tool calculates the distance between the three closest APs within 20 meters in real-time.

Second, the AP to Walls Distance tool allows for precise and convenient installation by showing the distance between the AP and the nearest walls. Additionally, you can move the AP and the distance will be automatically recalculated, making it even easier to achieve the perfect design.

Download the latest version of Ekahau AI Pro here.

Ekahau Private 5G: Design 5G/4G/LTE Private Cellular Networks

November 17, 2022

Ekahau Private 5G simplifies the design process, removing time-consuming and tedious floor plan preparation and automating radio placements for consistently great private cellular performance. Design professional 5G, 4G, and LTE private cellular networks with the speed and accuracy of Ekahau wireless design tools. From Wi-Fi to private cellular, you can trust the most trusted name in RF design and network optimization.

Awesome Private Cellular is Now Easy

Select your requirements, highlight coverage areas on your floor plan, and design with optimal radio and antenna placements.

Design with Powerful AI Tools

Automatic wall detection and AI-assisted radio placement eliminates the most tedious parts of designing networks.

Expand your Wireless World

If you can design Wi-Fi, you can design Private 5G. Bring your expertise in Wi-Fi design to the emerging field of Private Cellular to plan new hybrid networks.

Get Started with Private 5G for Free

All new and existing Ekahau Connect Subscribers by December 31, 2022 get Ekahau Private 5G FREE for 12 months!

Ekahau Analyzer for iOS — Introducing Network Overview

November 3, 2022

This game-changing update to the Ekahau Analyzer mobile app adds new troubleshooting functionality with advanced views never-before-seen on a single mobile screen.

Expert-Level Troubleshooting Information

Access the new Network Overview in Ekahau Analyzer for a detailed readout into troubleshooting network problems: One solution with all the Wi-Fi troubleshooting information you need on the device in your pocket.

More Data at Your Fingertips

Compare your Sidekick’s spectrum analyzer readings against utilization reported by the AP, view signal strength from specific APs, and identify country codes, associated stations, channel utilization, and more.

Validate Configuration Settings

See configuration settings right from the app using the power of Sidekick 2 and validate that your network has been implemented properly. By reducing the complexity of Wi-Fi troubleshooting and validation, Analyzer makes it easy to resolve Wi-Fi-related issues in no time.

Download the new Ekahau Analyzer app for iOS.

Introducing Ekahau Sidekick 2

July 21, 2022

Meet your new Sidekick! The best Wi-Fi measurement device on the planet just got even better: Ekahau Sidekick 2 is here and supercharged for 6 GHz, 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz networks.

Orders are shipping today! Buy now to avoid delays.

Sidekick 2 brings you the most accurate and lightning-fast Wi-Fi measurement and analysis for the most dependable and highest-performing wireless networks across all Wi-Fi bands. 

There’s a lot that’s new in Sidekick 2: our spectrum analyzer, radios, and antennas have all been upgraded and provide the fastest path to awesome Wi-Fi every day.  Check out the full launch blog detailing all of what’s new inside the Sidekick 2.

Ekahau Survey for Android — Perform Accurate Wi-Fi Site Surveys With Your Android Devices

July 6, 2022

All users with a current Ekahau Connect subscription can download Survey for Android today from the Google Play store. With the power of the Sidekick and whatever device is in your pocket, you’re now able to conduct accurate Wi-Fi surveys and health checks. To see what’s included in our new release, check out our dedicated Survey for Android Release Blog.

Ekahau Analyzer 1.3 for iOS — Signal Quality View, Waterfall Visualizations, and Improved Interferer Management

June 22, 2022

Our newest round of updates to Ekahau Analyzer for iOS gives users enhanced visualizations, including a new signal quality view and a live spectrum waterfall graph.

Signal Quality View

The new signal quality view in Analyzer 1.3 gives you a clear snapshot of your access point’s signal quality, combining signal strength and SNR. This new view shows which channels your APs are transmitting, their signal strength and the noise floor, for a quick snapshot while you scan with Sidekick.

New Visualization Mode

Unlike 90’s R&B group TLC, you should go chasing waterfalls! Because now Analyzer comes with waterfall view, a visualization mode that tracks utilization density of channels over time. This new feature gives you better insight into how busy your RF environment is on each channel.

Improved Interferer Management

And finally, Analyzer now offers improved management of interferers, showing both active and non-active categories. Sources of interference like microwaves turn on and off, and are classified as a non-active interferer. Other interferers like wireless video cameras are constantly transmitting data and are classified in the app as active.

Introducing Ekahau AI Pro: 6 GHz Support and ∞ More Updates

May 19, 2022

It’s 6 GHz time! Our flagship Wi-Fi design software has been transformed in too many ways to feature everything here. NEW! 6 GHz tri-band access point support, NEW! Expert AI design tool, NEW! Automatic Wall Calibration tool, NEW! Network Simulator, and a brand NEW! User Interface with Intuitive Workspaces. 

This product release is one of the biggest in our history, so be sure to check out the full launch blog detailing all of the great new features in Ekahau AI Pro.

Insights Update — Design Project Support, Group Sharing, Notifications & Improved Heatmaps

April 6, 2022

Our newest round of updates to Ekahau Insights gives users new ways to collaborate within Ekahau, adds design project support, and introduces new advanced heatmap details. Learn how Insights is making it easier to collaborate on Wi-Fi performance, giving you full visibility across your global Wi-Fi networks.

Design Project Support

In addition to active surveys, Ekahau Insights now supports predictive design files so you can share wireless network designs with your team and external stakeholders without an Ekahau license via guest URL. This heavily-requested feature adds new levels of global network insight letting you review and analyze projects in the design phase and before a validation survey has been completed.

Check out the Insights project dashboard to see your design’s network inventory including the access point vendor, model, Wi-Fi generation, installation type (whether it is on the ceiling or on the wall), and total number of APs. At the floor level, drill down even further with the number of radios, channels used, power levels, and height.

Group Sharing

Have a group of users that constantly collaborate on Wi-Fi designs, validations, or health checks? Create a custom sharing group from the profile dashboard. Easily share projects with your group of collaborators instead of adding team members one at a time – another important feature that allows you to be more collaborative with your Wi-Fi stakeholders.

New team member? Add them to your group and give them immediate access to your group files. And when a member of your team is no longer on your team? Easily remove them from the group. 

Activity Notifications

When members of your group modify a project’s tag, location, project title, add new survey data, or whenever members are added or removed, Insights will now send a notification to project stakeholders via in-browser notification and via email. This feature enables greater collaboration, better project management, and allows you to stay on top of your latest wireless network data. To see all your project updates, click the notification bell in the right-hand corner. 

Improved Heatmap Details

You can now see finer details of your survey events and predictive designs all within Ekahau Insights. Easily display and inspect coverage areas, requirements profiles, and find APs using the new locate feature directly in the web heatmap viewer. See channel interference, network health, network issues, signal strength, secondary signal strength, and signal-to-noise ratio. These heatmap details allow you to drill down further into your designs and surveys with your collaborators, so you can get the best possible business Wi-Fi.

Insights Update — Mobile View and Band-Specific Analysis

March 3, 2022

Mobile View

The Ekahau Insights web-based Wi-Fi analytics app has been optimized with a more mobile-friendly, responsive viewer. Access shared wireless network survey data and review Wi-Fi performance insights from anywhere, on any device.

Band-Specific Analysis

You can now isolate the 2.4 and 5GHz bands inside of Insights. View band-specific requirement pass rates for signal strength, secondary signal, SNR, and channel interference. Your team and any external stakeholders without Ekahau licenses can see the results in Insights immediately after the survey data is uploaded.

Survey 2.1 for iOS — Improved Inspect Mode, Improved Access Point Management & Full-Screen Mode

February 9, 2022

Our latest update to Ekahau Survey gives you better control of your data, allowing you to manage access points, playback survey data, and expand any of the inspect mode workspaces to full-screen. Learn how Survey for iOS is making it even easier to validate your Wi-Fi designs and perform Wi-Fi site surveys with nothing more than your iPad or iPhone.

Improved Inspect Mode

Like instant replay for a Wi-Fi survey — playback survey data right from your iPad or iPhone. By reviewing the survey data you just collected, you can perform Wi-Fi health checks and identify areas for optimization faster than ever before.

Improved Access Point Management

Easily rename access points, view and manage associated tags, add comments for quick reference, and assign AP colors right from the Survey app. Survey 2.1 puts the power of Ekahau Pro’s advanced AP management in the palm of your hand.

Full-Screen Mode

New to Survey 2.1 for iOS, expand any view from the Inspect workspace to full screen, so you can see details more easily. We know that while working from a smartphone or tablet is super lightweight and convenient, you lose screen size compared to a laptop. Now, you can set up full-screen individual inspect mode workspaces (Frequency Waterfall view, Channels view, Combined Time-based graphs, and Radios view) to see your data as clear as day.

Conclusion

Hungry for a full list of our product updates, including bug fixes? Check out our full list of release notes for Sidekick, recap of Ekahau Pro updates, Survey for iOS app notes, and Analyzer for iOS updates.

For a detailed look at the previous years’ releases, view our 2021 Product Update & Feature Release Wrap-Up Celebration. Finally, if you have a new feature you’re dying to get into Ekahau’s product suite, click here to submit a feature request. Thank you for using Ekahau to make awesome Wi-Fi!