Photon as an access point

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Hi - Is it possible to make the Photon a WiFi Access Point (also called WiFi Direct or a WiFi Hotspot) that other devices can connect to?

I saw a thread here back in May 2015 saying this was being added but I don’t see any mention of it in the documentation and can’t find any other articles describing how to do this. The Photon reference documentation mentions Soft AccessPoint HTTP pages but I think that’s different.

This is a key requirement for the product I’m building. I’m evaluating Photon against another WiFi chip, the ATWINC1500, that has this capability. Please let me know if Photon supports this.

Thank you!

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Hey there! We still don’t currently support Wi-Fi direct, although development on the feature has been started. I can’t commit to a timeline yet because we’re prioritizing development in other areas, but I would expect for it to be finished sometime in Q3 2016.

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Thanks for the info Will. It’s great to hear that it’s on the roadmap and I hope it comes out soon.