In the shadow of larger announcements during Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote Monday were new AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule devices.
Apple updated its AirPort Extreme base station ($199.99) to include 802.11ac Wi-Fi, which supposedly works three times faster than Wireless N. The elevated design departs from the previous generation and now has six antennas to improve dispersion of the signal.-- three antennas for the 2.4GHz band, three for the 5GHz band.
Apple calls the upgraded antenna technology a "beamforming antenna array." The new Airport Extreme, which hits retail stores June 12, comes with a built-in power supply, a Gigabit Ethernet WAN port, three Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports and a USB 2.0 connection.
At a glance, the new design also looks a bit like an elongated, skinnier Mac mini.
Just like the previous generation of AirPort Extreme, higher-priced Time Capsule versions integrate backup storage into the device: 2TB for $299.99 and 3TB for $399.99.
Check out Mashable's complete WWDC 2013 coverage for more.
Mashable composite, images courtesy of Apple