Rene Ritchie, writing for iMore:

Apple’s AirPorts are currently pre-mesh. You get an AirPort Extreme and, if it doesn’t reach every room in your house, you get an AirPort Express — or another Extreme — and cobble it all together. It’s… quaint. Perhaps even antiquated. And it’s no longer the best experience for Apple’s customers.

I think Apple’s AirPort routers are still great products, but they aren’t the best on the market anymore. In the three years since they were last updated, mesh has become the high water mark. I haven’t seen any rumors of updates to the AirPort lineup, but I have to imagine Apple’s working on it. They’d be foolish not to.