alt Hacker NewsAWDL is such an amazing technology, it's understandable that Apple wants to keep it only for their devices as it gives them a noticeable advantage for quick stuff sharing.
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tencentshill • today at 1:43 PM
The EU required they use an open standard https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/the-eu-made-apple-ad...
lxgr • today at 5:43 PM
AWDL really isn't that novel, neither as an idea nor implementation. What Apple did nail is the user experience on top of it.
kennywinker • today at 3:10 PM
Except 20% of the time it just doesn’t work. Hardly an advantage if most people default to texting because of airdrop’s failure rate
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They didn't. Apple contributed the core logic to the Wi-Fi Alliance to build Wi-Fi Aware, which they now also support.