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Cross-Platform P2P Wi-Fi: How the EU Killed AWDL

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223 points stusmall | 1 comments | 28 Mar 25 13:13 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lawlessone ◴[28 Mar 25 15:58 UTC] No.43506997[source]▶
>A quietly published EU interoperability roadmap mandates Apple support Wi-Fi Aware 4.0 in iOS 19 and v5.0,1 thereafter, essentially forcing AWDL into retirement.

Whats stopping Apple from doing both?

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1. bigfish24 ◴[28 Mar 25 16:10 UTC] No.43507131[source]▶
I think the EU mandate forces them to do both, so that devices with AWDL are not advantaged over non-Apple devices with Wi-Fi Aware, so my read is that mandate will mean Apple devices will do both modes until they can transition AWDL off entirely.