They still are simple ttl-to-wifi bridges aren't they? They just had more processing power, it needed to be stronger than an arduino to run a web server and con

They still are simple ttl-to-wifi bridges aren't they? They just had more processing power, it needed to be stronger than an arduino to run a web server and control with wifi. I don't think it was hidden as much as underutilized, like the linksys routers.