M1 Macbook Air (M1 MBA) 802.11ax/WiFi 6 is slow

I bought the M1 Macbook Air (M1 MBA) in part because it was the first Apple computer to FINALLY support 802.11ax/WiFi 6. It is frustrating to find that when connected to my WiFi 6 router, the connection is much slower than when connecting with 2.4GHz 802.11n. My other WiFi 6 devices work on WiFi 6 consistently and much faster in the same location.... Is this an Apple hardware problem? or something that will be fixed in an OS update?

Slow and unreliable WiFi seems to be a known problem with the M1 MBA in the Apple communities online and some users have reported USB/Thunderbolt connections as part of the problem. I tried with and without cables connected and if anything the signal got even slower and more unstable without USB-C devices connected.