Test your internet speeds

Yous tin exam your net download and upload speeds from the Google Home app.

With the Google Home app

Annotation: To view your previous speed test results, tap Wi-Fi and then  Network. Results can be found at the bottom.

With Google Assistant

What exercise the results hateful?

The internet speed test measures the download and upload speeds from your router or master Wifi bespeak.

Download speed

This represents how quickly your network tin receive data from internet servers in a certain amount of time. Download speed is measured in megabits-per-2d (Mbps). This is what we usually think of when nosotros hear "internet speed." If you have a faster connection, yous'll be able to receive more data in a shorter amount of time. For case, fast download speeds mean shine video streaming, polish online gaming, and fast web browsing.

Notation:

  • Your download speed is determined past the plan you have purchased from your Internet Service Provider (ISP.) Some plans are limited to 10 Mbps, while others tin can go all the way up to grand Mbps.
  • Some devices like mobile phones won't have speeds as fast as computers. The model or version of the device can also bear upon speeds.

What you tin can exercise with your download speed

Download speed
Megabits Per Second (Mbps) Rating What you lot can do
100 Mbps and upwards Blazing fast Stream 4K videos on multiple devices, play online games with your friends, or accept a video conference -- all at the same fourth dimension.
50 Mbps and upwards Lightning fast Stream 4K video, video conferences, and online games on multiple devices at the same time.
25 Mbps and up Pretty snappy Reliably stream Hard disk videos on multiple devices at the same time.
13 Mbps and up Good Stream a few Hard disk videos at in one case. Decent for a crowded home, just best for pocket-sized households.
7 Mbps and up Ok Stream i Hard disk video. If multiple devices are streaming videos at the aforementioned fourth dimension, y'all might run into some buffering.
3 Mbps and up A fiddling slow Stream a standard definition video on one device.
Under 3 Mbps Not and so great Web browsing should be fine, but videos may load slowly.

What to exercise if results aren't what you lot expected

  • Effort to run a speed test again. Slow results tin exist due to congestion on your ISP's network or on the internet, which are nigh crowded during superlative hours similar dinnertime. When networks get crowded, data gets slowed downwardly.
  • Plough off Priority device. Priority device reserves bandwidth for the prioritized device and will result in slower network bank check results.
  • Perform a mesh test and check if there are issues with your network.
  • Check with your ISP if there are whatsoever outages or issues with their internet service.

How we calculate download speed

To calculate your download speed, the Google Habitation app measures how much data your router or primary Wifi point can transport and receive from Google's servers in a given corporeality of fourth dimension. We believe that testing speed against a pop server such as YouTube instead of the closest one provides a truer measure out of normal, everyday internet use.

For instance, if your download speed is 45 Mbps, that means:

45 megabits of information can exist transferred in one 2nd from YouTube's servers to your home.

Note:

  • Any speed exam is but a snapshot of your download speed, which depends on when and where you utilise the net. You might not take the aforementioned speed for everything yous do online.
  • Network congestion is a cistron. Depending on what you're doing, when you're doing it and what other people on the internet are doing, your download speed could potentially be higher or lower than your speed results.

Upload speed

This measures how fast your network tin can transport data to a server. Upload speed is important for online gaming, video or voice calls, and uploading large files like videos to YouTube or backing up photos. This is measured in megabits-per-second (Mbps).

Overall operation besides depends on internet speed

You can take the all-time router in the world, but if the internet connection provided past your Internet service provider is slow, you'll still have slow performance.

Why practise other speed tests give me different results?

Most online speed tests check for speeds betwixt your personal devices and a server. Only these results will vary depending on two factors:

  1. Your location
  2. The location of the server

Some tests automatically select the closest server to y'all, while others permit you select from a list of several servers.

Either way, ane thing's for sure: distance matters. Examination against a server that'south close to you and the results will be faster. Test against a farther server and they'll be slower. This variability tin lead to results that aren't e'er representative of the speeds y'all'll experience in everyday utilize.

That's why Google measures the speed between your Wifi point(s) and Google'south servers. Nosotros believe that testing speed against popular servers such as YouTube'due south servers provides a truer measure for normal, everyday net use.

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