Saturday, November 10, 2012

There is a new technology on the horizon called Miracast.  Miracast is a wireless solution that streams the display from a mobile device to a screen — like HDMI without the cables. You also don't need to have a separate wireless network available for the two devices to connect to. Miracast builds on the Wi-Fi Direct protocol to send data from one device to the other, so the connection is made directly — between a phone and a TV, or from a laptop to a monitor. There's no need for passwords, either, so in the examples of Miracast we've seen, it has been a one-button command to create a connection. Miracast is a new industry standard certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance, so all companies will be able to build it into new televisions and other devices.