It’s a new kind of app because it uses an iOS feature unavailable until version 7: the Multipeer Connectivity Framework. The app was developed by the crowdsourced connectivity provider Open Garden and this is their first iOS app.
The Multipeer Connectivity Framework enables users to flexibly use WiFi and Bluetooth peer-to-peer to chat and share photos even without an Internet connection. Big deal, right? It’s a peer-to-peer connection that uses the WiFi and Bluetooth radios inside an iPhone to connect two users.
But here’s the really big deal — it can enable two users to chat not only without an Internet connection, but also when they far beyond WiFi and Bluetooth range from each other — connected with a chain of peer-to-peer users between you and the far-away Internet connection.
It’s called wireless mesh networking. And Apple has mainstreamed it in iOS 7. It’s going to change everything. Here’s why.
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