The Wi-Fi Alliance has declared that the features of Wi-Fi Direct, also well-known as Wi-Fi peer-to-peer, are about completed as well as compatible devices are expected to arrive by mid-2010.

Point to point connection

It is a technology that many associate with Bluetooth, because it allows any compatible product to connect point to point. There will therefore need to establish WAN devices that communicate with each other. One can also wonder if this is not the death of routers in particular. Indeed, the Wi-Fi products will all Direct connect to modem, printer or computer without going through him.

The end of Bluetooth?

In all cases, this technology could seriously question the relevance of Bluetooth by offering all the advantages of this technology and reach far more interesting as the Wi-Fi Direct maintains distance standards a / b / g / n. The bandwidth is also higher and the system safer as it allows using WPA2 for example.

This technology can be activated on existing devices using a simple update. It remains to be seen whether the manufacturers will provide or if they use Wi-Fi Direct as an excuse to sell new products.