Sandisk Wireless Flash Drives: Difference between revisions
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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. | |||
These devices broadcast | '''SanDisk Wireless Drive''' and '''SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick''' are devices of these series, and they are produced by Wearable, Inc., which acquired by [[Western Digital]] in June 2018. Both products were derived from Wearable Inc.’s AirStash wireless server platform. | ||
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. {{ProductLineCargo | |||
|Company=SanDisk | |Company=SanDisk | ||
|ReleaseYear=2015 | |ReleaseYear=2015 | ||
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==Consumer-impact summary== | ==Consumer-impact summary== | ||
Sandisk announced that they | Sandisk announced that they will no longer support their Connect Wireless Flash Drive app in order to "migrate users to newer products, services, and apps"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wireless Flash Drive End of Support |url=https://support-en.sandisk.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/48977 |url-status=live}}</ref>. | ||
Even though these 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, the full functionality was only available in their now | Even though these 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, the full functionality was only available in their now de-listed mobile apps. | ||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
On March 18, 2021, Sandisk removed the SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive app from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store, and you will no longer be able to download the app. | On March 18, 2021, Sandisk removed the SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive app from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store, and you will no longer be able to download the app{{Citation needed}}. | ||
==Products== | ==Products== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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