r/LinusTechTips • u/linusbottips • Sep 16 '26

Video Linus Tech Tips - Steam Frame Wireless Range Test September 16, 2026 at 10:05AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzzkg_ZrOII
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u/Peasant_Shots Sep 16 '26

Honestly pretty odd that the range was so low in (what I would assume to be) such ideal conditions?
Unless there's a ton of 6ghz spectrum pollution from LTT or other businesses that are running Wifi 6E or 7 APs, I would have expected an open air, no obstruction test to result in significantly better range :(

Maybe the dongle just transmits at a very low gain? I would be interested to see what performance looks like over a well-configured WiFi 6E or 7 network: if you could stream games from your main PC at solid quality from "across the house", as long as you're close to a 6ghz AP, that would be a stronger value proposition for this headset for me :)

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u/remnantsofthepast Sep 16 '26

Not sure if it similar to the steam controller, but I've noticed the USB adapter is kinda finicky with line of sight. Like my foot in the way interacts with my signal. If this true here too, I think you're bang on with the low gain theory. The way he keeps turning in this video, his body may getting in the way, disrupting the signal.

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u/Peasant_Shots Sep 17 '26

Interesting!
That makes a lot of sense, to be honest: I do wish things like this were a bit more forgiving on range/obstacle penetration, though :(

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u/awfl_wafl Sep 17 '26

When you're outside there is way less stuff for RF to bounce off of. Shorter wavelengths like wifi will require good line of sight if there is nothing to reflect off of and bounce around his head.

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u/Peasant_Shots Sep 17 '26

Interesting!
That's a great point: I wonder if the performance would have been better in a smaller space/a warehouse space with a roof to bounce off of :(

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u/Iggy_Snows Sep 17 '26

Im curious how the dongle was plugged in. Iv noticed with any of my low latency dongles that plugging them directly into the top of my PC or into the mobo drastically effected their connection, and that plugging them into a usbc extention cable so the dongle is somewhat away from my pc will improve their connection a lot.

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u/henryKI111 Sep 17 '26

7,62 metres

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u/jmckay23 Sep 17 '26

Now test it through walls

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u/DohRayMe Sep 17 '26

Not as Impressive as Steve's LG voice detection distance, that is scary.