Android 9.0 Pie brings support for Wi-Fi Direct printing

AOSP commits from early this year revealed that the Android 9.0 Pie would bring support for WiFi Direct. This would allow your phone to print documents over a peer-to-peer connection without being on the same Wi-Fi network. Though OEMs added support through their print service plugins, Stock Android didn’t support it until now. Continue reading “Android 9.0 Pie brings support for Wi-Fi Direct printing”

BlackBerry OS 10.2 with WiFi Direct, actionable notifications gets leaked

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BlackBerry’s upcoming OS 10.2 (build 10.2.0.483) just got revealed over at the CrackBerry forums where a user has posted screenshots from the upcoming update. The screenshots reveal a bunch of new features the most prominent of them being actionable notifications and WiFi Direct. Actionable notifications will allow users to pull down notifications and interact with them directly without having to jump into the application. Continue reading “BlackBerry OS 10.2 with WiFi Direct, actionable notifications gets leaked”

Samsung Galaxy S Certified World’s First WiFi Direct Smartphone

Samsung is having immense success with the Galaxy S. Apart from getting great reviews, great sales etc, it now has another thing to rejoice about. The Galaxy S has been certified as the world’s first Wi-Fi Direct smartphone. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S Certified World’s First WiFi Direct Smartphone”