As the capabilities of Android devices have improved, so did the speed of transferring files from one device to another. Gone are the days that you have to steadily hold two phones near each other and ...

The way files are sent from one mobile phone to another has changed a lot over the years. Until not so long ago, sending a photo meant placing two cell phones together to take advantage of infrared ...

Some Android security bugs Google won't fix because it can lead to other difficulties, and some bugs it's in no rush to fix because it deems them not serious enough to warrant a speedy patch. A ...

Chrome OS currently does not support peer-to-peer Wi-Fi, but it looks like that will change soon. This will allow Quick Share (formerly Nearby Share) to work faster than it currently does on Chrome OS ...

Core Security disclosed details on an Android Wi-Fi Direct denial of service vulnerability after Google said it had no timeline to patch the issue. The two sides also disagreed on the severity of the ...

SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Mopria ® Alliance, a global non-profit membership organization chartered to drive industry-wide standards and solutions for printing and scanning to connected ...

A vulnerability in Android's Wi-Fi Direct functionality has been uncovered by security researchers. Wi-Fi Direct - the technology that allows two devices (including printers, cameras and PCs) to ...

Android 9 (Pie) will now support Wi-Fi Direct printing via Android’s Default Print Service, according to a new announcement from the Mopria Alliance. The non-profit group first teamed up with Google ...

WiFi Direct starts being certified today, and the media is all over it. It's a good replacement for Bluetooth, in that manufacturers can now support one standard for short distance peer-to-peer ...

Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. Earlier this year, AOSP commits revealed that Android 9.0 would ...