Google Nest WiFi Pro 6E System

The set up process is by far the most finicky (I have spent several hours setting this up – Orbi took me 5 minutes in the past) The configuration software is by far the worst – Every thing visible seems good and then it fails on the last step like over 30 times with different error messages (WIFI point out of range or something went wrong etc) The operating software is by far the most fragile and least adaptable (if you are able to set it up) The nodes want to talk to each other through an unknown band meaning they fail to talk to each other over WIFI or wired backhaul that is at full strength and then fail due to an inability to talk over some other band that doesnt seem to be working It seems to have been tested in a small apartment setting and doesn’t seem suitable to larger free standing houses with mixed materials and multiple floors - the routers fail to talk to each other over a thin wall that has WIFI blasting through at 5 bars The QR code is Black on a dark grey backround (hard for the camera to read) The text is indentation on a dark grey background (grey on grey) - VERY hard to read once the bad QR code reader fails (maye Google should have gone with OpenCV or Lens instead of whatever QR code recognizer is failing for them). Make sure you have any reading aid you have on hand It seems like extra effort was spent to make things worse that they can be even when compared to bad software written often by other hardware companies The software is set up to be fragile so you keep going to your smart phone (maybe so they can be ads on the app in the future - doesn't seem designed for set up once and forget it like others) I must congratulate this team by exceeding the possibilities of software fragility and set up pain IF it was not for sunk cost fallacy I would already have another brand by now - I am going to give it another day or so and if not off to Costco for Orbi IMO this does feel like one of the manufacturer's side Gig where they didnt take the effort to make the UX seamless even if the hardware is potentially top notch. This also gets me worried about future support even if I figure our how to set this up UPDATE - Went to Costco and was looking around. Had a bunch of people come and tell me how bad their experience with Google WIFI was - both this and the past generation sold at Costco - Got TP Link up and running in 5 minutes. Setting up Satellites is automatic - ANY router can be Primary if one of them has issues. Wired backhaul works perfectly. Set up was a breeze... Google needs to up its software game. The changes needs seems VERY simple - why Google refuses to do better on its software for WIFI devices is interesting to me