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Wi-Fi Direct: Windows Wireless File Transfer That's Faster Than Bluetooth
• https://www.makeuseof.com by Christian CawleyThanks to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and NFC, data can be moved from one device to another with little effort
Windows 10 boasts of Wi-Fi Direct, a wireless connectivity system that helps to effortlessly hook devices up. Want to move data from PC to laptop? Easily done. Need to setup wireless printing? Connect your phone to your computer?
All this is quite simple thanks to Wi-Fi Direct. Here's how to use Wi-Fi Direct on Windows 10 and transfer files wirelessly.
Introducing Wi-Fi Direct for PC: Wireless File Transfer
You can think of Wi-Fi Direct as a sort of Bluetooth over Wi-Fi. That is, it has the same "discover and send" functionality of Bluetooth, but the data is sent using wireless networking. As you might have guessed, this offers greater speed for your file transfer.