Miracast will not be available on the BlackBerry Z10, Wi-Fi Direct supported instead (original) (raw)

With the release of BlackBerry 10.2 we've heard plenty of talk about Miracast but as confirmed today during the live virtual event being held for the BlackBerry 10.2 SDK, the BlackBerry Z10 will not be gaining support for that due to internal hardware limitations.

This isn't really surprising news to folks who have been running the 10.2 leaks as of late, considering its been absent from all of those but it's more of an FYI for those who have heard of it and might have been waiting for it to arrive. Instead, only Wi-Fi Direct will be supported on the BlackBerry Z10 while the BlackBerry Q10 and BlackBerry Q5 will have both Miracast and Wi-Fi Direct.

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