The Wi-Fi Direct standard for linking two devices without a LAN is about to get easier to use.

Wi-Fi Direct is the peer-to-peer version of the hugely popular wireless technology that the Wi-Fi Alliance has been promoting and facilitating for 15 years. It lets individual devices, including PCs, printers, TVs and phones, communicate one-to-one without having to get on to a LAN. The group says it has certified more than 6,000 devices, chips and other products for Wi-Fi Direct since 2010.

On Monday, the alliance is announcing four sets of mechanisms for carrying out certain tasks over Wi-Fi Direct. These new features, called services, are optional but can be included in the certification of a device. Each allows the user to “discover, connect and do” a particular function with one click, said Edgar Figueroa, president and CEO of the alliance.

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