Eli5: Does the speed of the WiFi router really matter to much? Say from WiFi 6 to 6+ or 7?

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I have internet at home with speeds that top out around 250 Mbps. I find that good enough for what our household does with internet usage and streaming and such.

I am confused about the various WiFi router speeds that are advertised these days. Does it really matter? We have an Eero Pro mesh network. Would newer equipment make any meaningful difference?

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I moved from the Eero Pro to the Eero Max 7. Devices that support Wi-Fi 7, such as my iPhone 15, can now get full wire speed (1.4 gigabit) instead of being limited to ~400 megabit as previously. Will it make a difference? Not noticeable when watching a YouTube video (since that’s constrained by the frame rate) but backing up my 30+ gigabyte photo library is noticeably faster.

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