April 16th, Huawei officially launched the new X1 series router. This series adopts a hidden omnidirectional antenna design and through the innovative "Stellar Pursuit" design concept, it allows the router to be placed as a fashionable home decor piece on desks, gaming tables, or TV cabinets, achieving a transformation of routers from "functional devices" to "fashionable home items."
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The Huawei X1 series is the first router to feature the Stellar Antenna technology, truly standing out in both appearance and performance. Relying on Huawei's self-developed intelligent antenna algorithm and an array of 11 antennas, it overcomes the dimensional limitations of traditional router signal coverage, delivering comprehensive and excellent signal coverage; Wi-Fi 7 dual-band aggregation provides a speed experience of up to 3.6 Gbps; it also features an internal Starlight TM gateway, supporting the connection and scheduling of a rich variety of HarmonyOS ecosystem devices, making daily life more comfortable and convenient.
Innovative Design of Stellar Pursuit
As the central device for home networks, the design of home routers has been highly homogenized. The introduction of the Huawei X1 series breaks this stereotype. In terms of design, the Huawei X1 series abandons the traditional "octopus-like" external antenna appearance, adopting a hidden omnidirectional antenna design to further reduce the size of the body, making it more suitable for desk, TV cabinet, and other home usage scenarios. The Huawei X1 series uses classic starry black, fitting various interior styles including Nordic, minimalist, and industrial styles.
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The Huawei X1 series adopts a cylindrical body, efficiently utilizing internal space to tightly arrange 11 antennas and various components, creating a router with outstanding looks and performance. This approach based on the "technology aesthetics" design philosophy not only changes the traditional router appearance but also successfully won the 2025 German iF Design Award.
Adopting Stellar Antenna Technology
To achieve better and broader signal coverage, the Huawei X1 series first uses a comprehensive intelligent multi-antenna layout, forming a multi-antenna array with 5 omnidirectional high-gain antennas, 5 directional intelligent antennas, and 1 Starlight TM antenna. At the same time, combined with its self-developed intelligent antenna algorithm, the Huawei X1 series can dynamically identify device positions and switch to a better high-gain antenna combination, enhancing signal strength and solving family signal dead zones. Currently, the Huawei X1 series is the router product with the most antennas and the most complex structure by Huawei.
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Compared to traditional routers with only one polarization direction for omnidirectional antennas, the Huawei X1 series also features horizontal and vertical dual-polarization adaptive antennas that can intelligently adapt to changes in device holding posture. When users watch videos vertically or play games horizontally, the router automatically adjusts the signal transmission direction, effectively solving the signal attenuation issue caused by traditional antennas due to posture obstruction.
As a router supporting Wi-Fi 7 dual-band aggregation (MLO), the Huawei X1 series offers a speed of up to 3.6 Gbps. It not only allows devices to simultaneously connect to both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands for data transmission but also supports the Stellar Dual-Wi-Fi function, enabling users of Huawei Wi-Fi 6 devices to connect to both bands without upgrading their devices, enjoying the peak speed of household networks. Additionally, the Huawei X1 series has a 2.5 GE network port, fully unleashing the potential of household networks.
Internal Starlight TM Gateway
The ability to intelligently connect and control devices is a hard requirement for consumers of smart terminals. The Huawei X1 series not only features an internal Starlight TM gateway but also supports Starlight, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi three connection protocols, improving the control and interconnection efficiency between smart devices. Among them, Starlight TM, as a wireless short-range communication technology with high speed, wide coverage, and strong interference resistance, can bring a 6 times increase in transmission speed, 2 times increase in coverage distance, and +7 dB interference resistance improvement to HarmonyOS ecosystem devices. The Starlight protocol has 6 times higher data transmission speed, 2 times greater coverage distance, and +7 dB interference resistance compared to Bluetooth; its high-speed, wide coverage, and strong interference resistance characteristics make the connections between smart devices more stable.
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Under the support of the internal Starlight TM gateway, the Huawei X1 series can simultaneously connect and schedule a variety of rich HarmonyOS ecosystem devices. For example, after connecting temperature and humidity sensors, humidifiers, and smart air conditioners, users can set specific constant temperature and humidity environments through the Huawei Smart Life App. When the temperature and humidity sensor detects changes in environmental conditions, it can automatically activate the air conditioner and humidifier, keeping users in a comfortable home environment at all times.
HarmonyOS Intelligent Network
The launch of the Huawei X1 series not only brings fast internet experiences but also provides users with rich intelligent functions. For instance, visual intelligent diagnostics make novices instantly become "network experts"; with the help of children's internet functionality, parents can manage children's online behavior, game duration, social applications, payment behaviors, and block inappropriate websites. It also supports generating weekly internet reports, allowing parents to extend entertainment time by setting "study rewards," helping children develop self-disciplined internet habits.
Facing the strict requirements of gamers for stable and low-latency networks, the Game Turbo 2.0 engine of the Huawei X1 series opens up exclusive network channels for more than 160 games, reducing latency by 37%. Even when players are two walls away from the router, they can still maintain ultra-low latency of 50 ms.
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The release of the new Huawei X1 series marks an important step in the integration of technological performance and aesthetic design in smart home devices. With its exquisite appearance and versatile design, the Huawei X1 series can fit various home styles, allowing routers to no longer be hidden in corners but instead serve as fashionable home decor pieces that look good wherever placed. Meanwhile, the Stellar Antenna technology and Wi-Fi 7 technology reshape the smart home network experience, leading the industry into a new era of performance.
The all-new Huawei X1 series provides two configurations: standard version and Pro version. The price of the Huawei X1 standard version is 599 yuan; the price of the Huawei X1 Pro is 899 yuan.
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