A method for configuring beamforming settings, the method being performed by a wireless radio transceiver device configured to communicate in directional beams (110a, 110b, 120a, 120b) with an access node, the method comprising: obtaining a performance indication requiring configuration of the beamforming settings of the wireless radio transceiver device; selecting, based on what kind of performance indication was obtained, a similarity measure objective to be met when evaluating the directional beams; and determining an order in which to evaluate the directional beams (110a, 110b, 120a, 120b) when configuring the beamforming settings, wherein the similarity measure procedure determines signal strength similarity and/or complex-valued similarity between the signals in each pair of received signals, wherein said order is determined based on the similarity measure objective and results from a similarity measure procedure applied to pairs of signals received by the radio transceiver device from the access node using two of the directional beams (110a, 110b, 120a, 120b) which are from different beamformers (150a, 150b) and/or different precoders (AP1, AP2), each beamformer being part of a respective receiver chain (130a, 130b) of the wireless radio transceiver device and the precoders being the weights applied to the beamformers, wherein: (a) when the performance indication pertains to network coverage, the similarity measure objective is to span as large angular space as possible and to evaluate the directional beams (110a, 110b, 120a, 120b) according to ascending signal strength similarity of the received signals; and/or (b) when the performance indication pertains to bitrate of the wireless radio transceiver device, the similarity measure objective is to use as high rank as possible and to evaluate the directional beams (110a, 110b, 120a, 120b) according to descending signal strength similarity and/or according to ascending complex-valued similarity. obtaining a performance indication requiring configuration of the beamforming settings of the wireless radio transceiver device; selecting, based on what kind of performance indication was obtained, a similarity measure objective to be met when evaluating the directional beams; and determining an order in which to evaluate the directional beams (110a, 110b, 120a, 120b) when configuring the beamforming settings, wherein the similarity measure procedure determines signal strength similarity and/or complex-valued similarity between the signals in each pair of received signals, wherein said order is determined based on the similarity measure objective and results from a similarity measure procedure applied to pairs of signals received by the radio transceiver device from the access node using two of the directional beams (110a, 110b, 120a, 120b) which are from different beamformers (150a, 150b) and/or different precoders (AP1, AP2), each beamformer being part of a respective receiver chain (130a, 130b) of the wireless radio transceiver device and the precoders being the weights applied to the beamformers, wherein: (a) when the performance indication pertains to network coverage, the similarity measure objective is to span as large angular space as possible and to evaluate the directional beams (110a, 110b, 120a, 120b) according to ascending signal strength similarity of the received signals; and/or (b) when the performance indication pertains to bitrate of the wireless radio transceiver device, the similarity measure objective is to use as high rank as possible and to evaluate the directional beams (110a, 110b, 120a, 120b) according to descending signal strength similarity and/or according to ascending complex-valued similarity. (a) when the performance indication pertains to network coverage, the similarity measure objective is to span as large angular space as possible and to evaluate the directional beams (110a, 110b, 120a, 120b) according to ascending signal strength similarity of the received signals; and/or (b) when the performance indication pertains to bitrate of the wireless radio transceiver device, the similarity measure objective is to use as high rank as possible and to evaluate the directional beams (110a, 110b, 120a, 120b) according to descending signal strength similarity and/or according to ascending complex-valued similarity.