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by morenoh149 4470 days ago
I immediately looked up if android has the same functionality. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19067794/ios-7-multipeer-... sadly it does not
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rakoo 4470 days ago
Yes it has, and it's far better:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.servalproj...

Advantages:

- It's working in a mesh setting (although I don't see anything preventing FireChat to do the same) - It's based on a protocol named batman, which is a cool name - It's open source

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unfamiliar 4470 days ago
This is just an app, it doesn't indicate what networking capabilities are built into the OS.
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kissickas 4469 days ago
Luckily I speak French! I clicked the link and the headers were in French, so I went to my Google Account page and everything was in French... except when I clicked "Langue," it was set to English! Freaked me out for a minute. Thought it was a dangerous and late April Fools' joke.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.servalproj...

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FatalLogic 4469 days ago
It doesn't seem to use Bluetooth. I guess that's not very important, and I'm not sure why FireChat uses both Bluetooth and Wifi.

In very crowded areas, switching to Bluetooth could be a way of minimizing the radio interference footprint, perhaps?

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