Tuesday 12 September 2017

Android 8.0 Oreo could let you use Wi-Fi hotspots more like cellular data


With Passpoint support, you no longer have to sign in to a Wi-Fi hotspot each time you want to use it, but there is a catch.
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3 weeks ago
I’m sure we’ve all been there: you’re trying to connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot on the subway, and each time you get to a station, it asks you to authenticate. By the time you sign in, you’ve already left the station. Whether it’s on the subway or in the library or at a coffee shop, connecting to Wi-Fi hotspots can be frustrating, especially when there are multiple hotspots. They often require that you sign in each time you want to connect even if you have before, potentially wasting a huge chunk of your time.
That’s why the Wi-Fi Alliance introduced Passpoint back in 2012. Wi-Fi Passpoint, or more often referred to as Hotspot 2.0, is an industry-wide solution that eliminates the need for users to find and authenticate a network each time they connect all the while providing the highest WPA2 security. While mobile device manufacturers, network equipment vendors, and operators have been relatively slow to adopt this new standard, it looks like with the latest version of Android, Google is hoping this would change.

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