| ▲ | neilalexander 2 days ago |
| They didn't. Apple contributed the core logic to the Wi-Fi Alliance to build Wi-Fi Aware, which they now also support. |
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| ▲ | foltik 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Interestingly, it still took the EU to force them to actually adopt it (and open it up for apps to use) in iOS 26. |
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| ▲ | throw0101c 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| PSA: * https://www.wi-fi.org/wi-fi-aware-resources * https://developer.apple.com/documentation/WiFiAware * https://developer.android.com/develop/connectivity/wifi/wifi... |
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| ▲ | gregoriol a day ago | parent [-] | | Apple docs say iOS 26/macOS 26, that's so brand new that no apps are using it right now, will have to check that again in a few years. |
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| ▲ | Gigachad 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Kind of. When I looked, they added the api for devs to use on iOS, but it isn’t on macOS yet, and nothing uses it as far as I could see. It’s a future promising tech though. A much better version of Wi-Fi Direct. |
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| ▲ | max8539 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| So, should there be apps that use it to transfer files between iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac without requiring them to be on the same network? |
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| ▲ | jeroenhd a day ago | parent | next [-] | | Google's QuickShare contains a reverse-engineered AWDL implementation that works on Pixel and a few other phones. As for WiFi NAN: support for it seems rather limited outside of iOS and Android. From what I can tell the feature is barely tested on Linux and I can't find any generic Windows APIs for it either. | |
| ▲ | Asmod4n 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | No WiFi cards for pcs support it. | | |
| ▲ | ssl-3 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | That's not quite accurate, I don't think. I've definitely used STA and AP modes concurrently on my Windows laptop with the operating system's built-in internet connection sharing function to help troubleshoot a problem in the field. That was around a decade ago. It didn't take any extra effort on my part; I just told it to do the thing, and then it did that thing. | |
| ▲ | max8539 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Researched this for a bit: there is some hardware for PCI supporting it, but Windows 10/11 not, and Linux is still work in progress, so no real support on OS level, only for some iOS/Android devices. | | |
| ▲ | Asmod4n a day ago | parent [-] | | Afaik the hardware supports it for a while now, but there is no firmware to expose the functionality. |
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| ▲ | sleepybrett 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | it might be interesting to use unused or extra wifi cards to support this. My pc motherboard has both wifi and ethernet and I only use the ethernet. That card does absolutely nothing at all. |
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