Wi-Fi Display, new technology that allows you to connect different devices without cables

Qualcomm has developed the first generation of the Wi-Fi Display standard, a technology that allows you to send the multimedia content that plays on the screen of one device to another device instantly over a direct wireless connection (P2P).

In the last edition of the CES fair in Las Vegas, Qualcomm exhibited its Wi-Fi Display technology, that allows the connection between devices with direct Wifi signals. I mean, that does not require the existence of a common Wi-Fi network to which both must connect. In this way, this type of connection can be made simply anytime, anywhere with the only requirement that both devices are compatible with this technology.

It's not about transferring files between devices. Instead,, Wi-Fi Display captures the screen of the source device and sends it in the form of high-definition video (1080Q, H.264 encoding) to the target device, where it is displayed to the corresponding screen size automatically.

Although it is a direct connection between devices the radio signal is protected with the WPA2 Wi-Fi security mechanism, so that it can only be decoded on the authorized receiver during the initial binding process.

Applicable to numerous devices
Qualcomm promises that the Wi-Fi Display standard will be available this year so that it can begin to be implemented in mobile devices with Snapdragon S4 processors. The technology that will be responsible for driving it will be Qualcomm Atheros.

It could also be seen on Windows Phone phones and later on the rest of the devices that can take advantage of it.: digital video players and recorders, Projectors, Televisions, tablets and mobiles, among others. Wi-Fi Display can even be enabled on current devices with HDMI connection through a relatively simple and inexpensive accessory.

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