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Yes it will make things speedier.
Because most operating systems will attempt an IPv6 lookup before falling back to IPv4. Which means your DNS will be faster.
The point is that we can stop using NAT, and every device will get it's own IP address, and routing is much simpler, and everything is easier.
Well, in theory... because the catch is that a lot of people use NAT as a defensive perimeter. They shouldn't because it's not such a thing, but they do because software has been shitty in the past and it was enough to stop most things.
So long-term... as IPv6 goes everywhere, one must also think about how to secure devices that used to be just "inside" the network when they become externally visible by default.
Velocio
Here's a question. I just cluelessly changed my laptop's dns settings to use Google's IPv6 ones.
Everything still works but will it actually make things speedier? What's the point?