Demo: WIFI Direct On The Galaxy S2, Seriously Impressive
One of the brand new features that the Samsung Galaxy S2 brings is the support for WI-FI Direct. WI-FI Direct, if you remember, is the technology that lets you transfer data between other WIFI Direct devices by creating an adhoc WIFI connection between them. In other words, it allows WIFI devices to talk to each other without the need for wireless routers.
It works much like Bluetooth, just faster and has better range. Symbian is supposed to get WI-FI Direct this year as well, but Samsung beat everyone to the chase with the Galaxy S getting certification last year itself and now the SGS2 becomes one of the first smartphones (if not the first) to ship with WIFI Direct support out of the box this year.
I have played with WIFI Direct for a while and it is definitely a very welcome feature, one you probably wouldn’t be able to live without once you get used to it. Transferring an mp3 (5-6 MB) is virtually instant and very large files also take mere minutes. For example, you could transfer a 700 MB movie wireless in the middle of the desert in under 5 minutes using WIFI Direct.
Here’s a demo of WIFI Direct on two Samsung Galaxy S2 devices:
That’s not all, if two Galaxy S2 devices were connected to the same network, then I could also send files between them without having to activate a peer to peer network which meant I didn’t have to disable the WIFI connection from my router and could browse the web meanwhile.
Impressive.
I cannot wait for WIFI Direct support to other devices. What do you think of it?
Further reading – Our In-Depth Samsung Galaxy S2 Review.
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I think they demoed this type of feature with N900 year or 2 ago..
@akse: Couldn’t agree more. Anything can be done with our beloved N900.
Sorry guys, Symbian already has this. It’s called Bluetooth 3. Transfer large files from Bluetooth 3 to Bluetooth 3 device and it switches to Wifi.
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Guys, is there a way to connect to my laptop through WIFI Direct? I mean, I can transfer data from my S2 to another S2, but it wont detect my laptop. So how do i use WIFI to transfer data between my laptop and S2?
hey there!
i tried using wifi direct, im facing a problem such as when i am connecting to a device it will stuck at the “connecting to device”
why does this happens ?
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