Will time capsule support 802.11 ac?

will time capsule support 802.11 ac?

is it possible to for time capsule to be up-dated to the 802.11 ac format? I hear this is the latest and greatest. Or is time capsule fixed with what it already has.
IF....Apple decides to incorporate the (still under development) ac format......they will not tell us anything about this until they actually announce the new product.
IF....they do, it would be extremely unlikely that any current versions of the Time Capsule could be "updated". As Kappy notes, we are talking about proposed hardware changes here....not just software or firmware.
For example, when Apple moved to simultaneous dual band Time Capsules a few years ago, it was not possible to update or upgrade existing Time Capsules at all.
Even among the recent 3rd and 4th generation Time Capsules.....you cannot change or update a 3rd generation Time Capsule to make it a 4th Generation Time Capsule.
You would be wise to conclude that this would also be the case for any future product.

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