Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, Apple offered a line of Wi-Fi routers that it referred to as AirPort base stations. There was ...

It’ll also show up in iPhone 17 and Mac models later on ... its apparently sophisticated enough that Apple could choose to turn it into a wireless router: The Proxima chip is so sophisticated ...

Apple exited the Wi-Fi router business almost seven years ago ... its use is also planned in the iPhone 17 and in upcoming Mac models.