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Search complete. 6 mentions across 4 episodes found for "Wi-Fi Direct".
Sep 24, 2026
Herman PoppleberryHOST
It lets a passenger control an Android Auto device from a second phone, play music through the car speakers, send destinations from Google Maps to Android Auto for navigation, display pictures on the Android Auto screen.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
It needs two devices connected over Wi-Fi Direct or an Android hotspot.
DanielHOST
So a passenger can push a destination to the driver's navigation from their own phone.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
They can send it.
Florence IonHOST
And I've been very, very disappointed with them because for whatever reason, some of these things, for instance, I ordered an external little display that connects via MagSafe or PixelSnap on the back.
Florence IonHOST
And it connects via Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth so that you could basically use it as like a back-facing display.
Florence IonHOST
This thing, I have not been able to get it to work on any Android device for the life of me.
Florence IonHOST
I've tried three different manufacturers.
Florence IonHOST
And I've been very, very disappointed with them because for whatever reason, some of these things, for instance, I ordered an external little display that connects via MagSafe or PixelSnap on the back.
Florence IonHOST
And it connects via Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth so that you could basically use it as like a back-facing display.
Florence IonHOST
This thing, I have not been able to get it to work on any Android device for the life of me.
Florence IonHOST
I've tried three different manufacturers.
Daryl KayeGUEST
Um, the, there's two that, that come to mind.
Daryl KayeGUEST
The first was Wi-Fi Direct Services.
Daryl KayeGUEST
Uh, it was a really innovative-
FrancoisHOST
Mm-hmm
Daryl KayeGUEST
... development on top of Wi-Fi Direct where something similar to, like, AirPrint works, where your phone could directly connect to a Wi-Fi network on a printer and send a document with a standardized communication protocol so that, um, it would just in, in, in one click with the client device connect to the access point on a printer, send the document, and have it print disconnect after it, the printer was able to say, "Yes, I've received everything.
Daryl KayeGUEST
I'm ready to start printing.
Daryl KayeGUEST
You can, uh, disassociate now." Um, there, there were a few other, um, options in there, but the, the main selling point of it was actually, uh, printing.
Daryl KayeGUEST
Uh, great idea, plenty of devices on the client side, uh, certified to it, a few printers and other, other devices, but obviously we don't see Wi-Fi Direct Services advertised anywhere, right? Um, I think just as printers and other devices where everyone was just thrown onto the network, we'll just let Layer 7, uh, take care of that.