With the number of wireless SoCs on the market, “Just add connectivity” is finally a reality! “Just” does a lot of lifting in that phrase. Connectivity, whether wired or wireless, adds numerous layers of complexity to your device. Treating your connectivity as a black box early in development is easy, but this strategy will implode when thousands of devices enter the field - trust me, I know. It’s not enough to test from end to end a few times in the office. Controlled tests only partially emulate how a device’s connectivity might perform in the field.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://interrupt.memfault.com/blog/connectivity-metrics