One Billion Apples’ Secret Sauce: Recipe for Apple Wireless Direct Link Protocol
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#2Url changed from https://owlink.org, which points to this.
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#3Still waiting on an AirDrop client for non-Apple products. It works really well and is pretty convenient. Maybe this paper will help.
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#4Nice, I really wish this protocol would be available for Android as the number of applications would be immense (Apple's Multipeer Connectivity Framework).
But it looks like Apple will deprecate this sooner or later, since they have joined The Thread Group [1]
[1] https://www.macrumors.com/2018/08/07/apple-thread-group-smar...
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#5Nice, I really wish this protocol would be available for Android as the number of applications would be immense (Apple's Multipeer Connectivity Framework). But it looks like Apple will deprecate this sooner or later, since they have joined The Thread Group [1] [1] https://www.macrumors.com/2018/08/07/apple-thread-group-smar...
I really don’t see Thread as being in the same ballpark as AWDL - they have very different goals and use cases.
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#6Still waiting on an AirDrop client for non-Apple products. It works really well and is pretty convenient. Maybe this paper will help.
Little things like this add up to the whole customer experience which is, I believe, what they see as their competitive advantage. I don’t see a supported client coming any time soon.
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#7Still waiting on an AirDrop client for non-Apple products. It works really well and is pretty convenient. Maybe this paper will help.
It really is just one of those things that works so well. I was traveling recently and met some folks at a hostel. At the end of the trip we wanted to share our photos and videos with each other. Our hostel's internet connection consisted of a weak wifi access point, connected to weak satellite internet, with dozens of people vying with each other for the available bandwidth.
One of us suggested AirDrop and we sent dozens of photos and videos between us within a few minutes time. Maybe this seemed more impressive to me, after several days of suffering a terrible internet connection. It definitely stood out for me as being one of those moments where technology can make things easier and magical.
I do wonder if there are patents on this, and if that has prevented other devices from adopting this kind of protocol?
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#8Air drop is fast for sure.
Feature request: make it work the same when you share videos and photos via messages or photos app.
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#9Secret apple sauce?
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#10Air drop is fast for sure. Feature request: make it work the same when you share videos and photos via messages or photos app.
Could you describe your feature in more detail? I am interested in what you are asking, but I don’t think I understand clearly.