--- title: "Wi-Fi Alliance: Wi-Fi Direct™" date: 2010-10-25T23:26:56Z modified: 2010-10-25T23:26:56Z permalink: "https://nko.org/wi-fi-alliance-wi-fi-direct/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 768 categories: - Environment author: Paul Garrett Hugel timestamp: 2010-10-25T23:26:56Z tags: - Environment --- > ### Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct™: Personal, portable Wi-Fi® that goes with you anywhere, any time > > ![](http://www.wi-fi.org/files/98283512_5.jpg) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct™ is a certification mark for devices supporting a game-changing new technology enabling Wi-Fi devices to connect directly, making it simple and convenient to do things like print, share, synch and display. Products bearing the Wi-Fi Direct certification mark can connect to one another without joining a traditional home, office or hotspot network. > > Mobile phones, cameras, printers, PCs, and gaming devices can now connect to each other directly to transfer content and share applications quickly and easily. Devices can make a one-to-one connection, or a group of several devices can connect simultaneously. Connecting Wi-Fi Direct-certified devices is easy and simple, in many cases only requiring the push of a button. Moreover, all Wi-Fi Direct connections are protected by WPA2™, the latest Wi-Fi security technology. With Wi-Fi Direct, you do not need an access point or internet connection – your personal Wi-Fi network goes with you wherever you go. > > ### See it in action! > > [](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je2lWjfpywQ)[![](http://www.wi-fi.org/files/Wi-Fi_Direct_animation_screen_shot_2.png) ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je2lWjfpywQ) > > ### When would I use Wi-Fi Direct? > > You will use Wi-Fi Direct-certified devices for all kinds of applications – to share your content, synch your data, socialize, play games, play audio and video, and more – all the things you do with your Wi-Fi devices today, only easier and without worrying about finding an internet connection. Wi-Fi Direct-certified devices can form connections with nearly all the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED devices you and your friends already have. You only need one Wi-Fi Direct device to form a group. Now, Wi-Fi isn’t just about accessing the internet – but about connecting all the Wi-Fi devices you and your friends have – anytime, anywhere – to enable your connected life. > > In a recent study, consumers around the world told us they would most want to use Wi-Fi Direct for instant messaging, sharing pictures with friends and family, displaying those pictures from a portable device to a monitor or TV screen, video chatting, and playing video games with others while not at home, such as when using public transit.1 > > ### How does Wi-Fi Direct work? > > Wi-Fi Direct device connections can happen anywhere, anytime – even when you don’t have access to a Wi-Fi network. Your Wi-Fi Direct device will signal to other devices in the area that it can make a connection. You can view available devices and ask them to connect, or you might receive an invitation to connect to another Wi-Fi Direct device. When two or more Wi-Fi Direct-certified devices connect directly, they have formed a Wi-Fi Direct Group, using Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ and the latest Wi-Fi security. Now you can get started doing all the exciting things that Wi-Fi Direct enables! > > 1 Wi-Fi Alliance and Wakefield Research, Global Wi-Fi Survey, August 2010. > > ### For more information: > > - [Download the Consumer White Paper](http://www.wi-fi.org/knowledge_center_overview.php?docid=4697) > - [Download the Industry White Paper ](http://www.wi-fi.org/knowledge_center_overview.php?docid=4685) > - [Search for products certified for Wi-Fi Direct](http://www.wi-fi.org/search_products.php) > - [Frequently Asked Questions](http://www.wi-fi.org/files/faq_20101021_Wi-Fi_Direct_FAQ.pdf) > - [Press Release ](http://www.wi-fi.org/news_articles.php?f=media_news&news_id=1011) > - [Purchase the Peer-to-Peer Specification](https://www.wi-fi.org/knowledge_center_overview.php?type=4) via [wi-fi.org](http://www.wi-fi.org/Wi-Fi_Direct.php) [Posted via email](http://posterous.com) from [paulhugel’s posterous](http://paulhugel.posterous.com/wi-fi-alliance-wi-fi-direct) ## Topics **Categories:** [Environment](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/category/environment.md)