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Sandisk Connect Wireless is a product line of flash drives with Wi-Fi capability, enabling them to be controlled & accessed over a network instead of relying on USB.

~~https://support-en~~.~~sandisk~~.~~com/app/answers/detailweb%20a_id/48977/~/~~wireless~~-flash-drive-end-of-support~~

'''SanDisk Wireless Drive''' and '''SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick''' are devices of these series, and they were produced by Wearable, Inc., which was acquired by [[Western Digital]] in June 2018. Both products were derived from Wearable Inc.'s AirStash wireless server platform.

==~~Consumer~~-~~impact summary~~==

These devices broadcast a Wi-Fi access point, allowing connected devices to manage contents of the disk from Sandisk's mobile apps or, alternatively, visiting the web server locally hosted by the device.

~~{{Ph~~-C-~~CIS~~}}~~Retirement~~ of ~~Software rendered~~ the products ~~effectively unusable~~.

Sandisk announced 18 September 2020 that they would no longer support their Connect Wireless Flash Drive app in order to "migrate users to newer products, services, and apps", effective 18 March 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Wireless Flash Drive End of Support |url=https://support-en.sandisk.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/48977 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250409183250/https://support-en.sandisk.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/48977 |archive-date=9 Apr 2025}}</ref>

The devices are still usable to this day since they expose a local web server to manage the device over network and manage the files stored on the disk, however the full functionality was only available through Sandisk's now de-listed mobile apps.

==Consumer impact summary==

*'''Forced app download:''' In order to have full use of the products purchased, the buyer is [[Forced app download|required to download]] the company's mobile apps.

==Incidents==

~~{{Ph-C-Inc}}~~

On 18 March 2021, Sandisk removed the SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive app from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store, and you can no longer download the app.<ref name=":0" />

~~This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product line. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in~~ the ~~[[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].~~

~~===Example incident one (''date'')===~~

~~{{Main|link to~~ the ~~main CR Wiki article}}~~

~~Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding~~ the ~~article)~~.

=~~==Example incident two (''date'')===~~

~~...~~

==Products==

~~{{Ph~~-C-~~P}}~~

Products affected:

*'''Connect Wireless Stick (SDWS4-XXX)'''

*'''Connect Wireless Flash Drive (SDWS2-XXX)'''

*'''Connect Wireless Media Drive (SDWS1-XXX)'''

*'''My Passport Wireless SSD'''

==See also==

~~{{Ph-C-SA}}~~

*[[Discontinuation bricking]]

==References==

[[Category:~~{{PAGENAME}}~~]]

[[Category:Sandisk]]

[[Category:Discontinuation bricking]]

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+Sandisk Connect Wireless is a product line of flash drives with Wi-Fi capability, enabling them to be controlled & accessed over a network instead of relying on USB.
-https://support-en.sandisk.com/app/answers/detailweb%20a_id/48977/~/wireless-flash-drive-end-of-support
+'''SanDisk Wireless Drive''' and '''SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick''' are devices of these series, and they were produced by Wearable, Inc., which was acquired by [[Western Digital]] in June 2018. Both products were derived from Wearable Inc.'s AirStash wireless server platform.
-==Consumer-impact summary==
+These devices broadcast a Wi-Fi access point, allowing connected devices to manage contents of the disk from Sandisk's mobile apps or, alternatively, visiting the web server locally hosted by the device.
-{{Ph-C-CIS}}Retirement of Software rendered the products effectively unusable.
+Sandisk announced 18 September 2020 that they would no longer support their Connect Wireless Flash Drive app in order to "migrate users to newer products, services, and apps", effective 18 March 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Wireless Flash Drive End of Support |url=https://support-en.sandisk.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/48977 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250409183250/https://support-en.sandisk.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/48977 |archive-date=9 Apr 2025}}</ref>
+The devices are still usable to this day since they expose a local web server to manage the device over network and manage the files stored on the disk, however the full functionality was only available through Sandisk's now de-listed mobile apps.
+==Consumer impact summary==
+*'''Forced app download:''' In order to have full use of the products purchased, the buyer is [[Forced app download|required to download]] the company's mobile apps.
 ==Incidents==
-{{Ph-C-Inc}}
+On 18 March 2021, Sandisk removed the SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive app from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store, and you can no longer download the app.<ref name=":0" />
-This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product line. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
-===Example incident one (''date'')===
-{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}}
-Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
-===Example incident two (''date'')===
-...
 ==Products==
-{{Ph-C-P}}
+Products affected:
+*'''Connect Wireless Stick (SDWS4-XXX)'''
+*'''Connect Wireless Flash Drive (SDWS2-XXX)'''
+*'''Connect Wireless Media Drive (SDWS1-XXX)'''
+*'''My Passport Wireless SSD'''
 ==See also==
-{{Ph-C-SA}}
+*[[Discontinuation bricking]]
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
-[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
+[[Category:Sandisk]]
+[[Category:Discontinuation bricking]]