alt Hacker NewsThey 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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throw0101c • yesterday at 2:57 PM
Gigachad • yesterday at 1:54 PM
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.
max8539 • yesterday at 3:13 PM
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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Interestingly, it still took the EU to force them to actually adopt it (and open it up for apps to use) in iOS 26.