Best Wireless Hard Drives

Like all modern wireless HDDs, this HDD allows you to play content from your smartphone or tablet PC. To use the advantages of this feature all you need is to install the Seagate Media application after downloading it from the online application store or from Amazon for free. With that application installed you can remotely manage your library on the drive. Thus, you will be able to view your photos and play slideshows, sort the movies by name or by year of release with all the covers displayed. The remote data management feature makes it easy to search the needed title, and besides streaming movies to your mobile device, you can even download them from the Wireless Plus to watch later. Another advantage this wireless hard drive offers is an automatic bandwidth allocation when streaming up to three connected devices that makes this model a perfect fit for a family use. With such capabilities you can have all your favorite tracks always at hand, so you do not have to choose which tracks to carry about as you can carry them all. A remote data transfer to the drive also works perfectly and you can always free up some space on your smartphone by uploading captured photos and videos to the drive.

In case you feel that your smartphone or tablet PC display is not large enough to enjoy the video content you’ve downloaded to your wireless HDD you can use such services as DLNA, Samsung Smart TV and the AirPlay to stream videos from the drive to your TV. Thus, this Seagate wireless hard drive is good for a home use as well as for on the go use.

Owing to the 802.11ac protocol support, the My Passport Wireless Pro offers a dual-band Wi-Fi operation, which brings about a compatibility with a wide range of devices. This wireless external hard drive supports a simultaneous connection to 8 devices maximum, including PCs, notebooks, smartphones and tablet PCs with the streaming of HD video to each device. You can even connect external storage devices to the wireless HDD to expand the basic storage capacity. In addition, the device brings you a peace of mind regarding the data integrity and protection – all you need to do to get your data protected from an unauthorized use is to configure the user parameters and set the password only once. Thus, you will have no worries about your data compromise and disclosure even if you lose your hard drive.

If you find yourself in a situation when there is no PC at hand but you need to handle or work with your data on your drive, you can resort to the WD My Cloud application to solve this problem. You can download the application to your smartphone or a tablet PC directly from the application store, after that you get a control over all your video files, images and music media from your portable gadget. The compatibility with such popular cloud storage services as Dropbox, Google Drive and One Drive comes in handy and enriches the My Cloud functionality.

With the support of external devices synchronization, all the members of your family can get an access to the data stored on this wireless hard disk by Toshiba. With that, the type of portable devices, from which the AeroCast is accessed ranges from laptops and desktop PCs to smartphones. The concurrent access allows for enjoying any content stored on the AeroCast: photos, videos and movies, music tracks. To take the advantages of the synchronized access feature you just need to install the Toshiba Wireless HDD app, which you can quickly download from the app store on your mobile device. The application user interface is very intuitive and easy to navigate through, giving you an easy control of all the important features and settings. Moreover, the application offers a customization of its use so that every user can, for example, choose his or her own avatar, set a drive access password, configure an automatic backup for the data on SD/micro SD cards connected to user portable devices with a configurable backup data saving.

Those who like watching the multimedia content stored on their wireless drives on TVs and other display devices will surely appreciate the compatibility of the Toshiba AeroCast with the Chromecast. To use the broadcasting feature you need to have a Chromecast media streaming device and the free application installed on your tablet PC or smartphone. As practice shows, such bundle is a solution that works perfectly for those wanting to have a full control of their home multimedia system at hand when having a rest on a sofa and enjoying their favorite movies or music with the family.

Using this wireless HDD as a hub for your home Wi-Fi enabled devices can save a lot of time when managing your home media library. To get an effective and easy control of the Voyager Air 2 operation from your smartphone or tablet, you need to install the Voyager Air free application that is available on Google Play and AppStore. With this application, you will be able to synchronize your user account with such widely used services as Google Drive and DropBox. Just like modern wireless drives, this model supports AirPlay and DLNA features to stream the stored videos to your TVs and compatible media devices. Please note, these wireless connectivity features support bidirectional file transfer so you can load media files to the drive as well as from it. With that, you are free to load a movie from the Voyager Air 2 to, for example, your tablet PC to watch it later or some music to listen to on your way to work or university/school.

The manufacturer of the original Voyager Air 2 offers an alternative model that has a few distinguishable features. Beside the angular case design, the V1 Ethernet Black model comes with an Ethernet port. Both models have the same internals and functionality, though the Ethernet enabled Voyager 1 has a better supply package. The V1 package includes стандартного набора, wall adapter with DC power cable, car power adapter, additional USB 3.0 cable, and an accessory bag for carrying the device.

The biggest advantage of this wireless drive is that it is compatible with just about any digital devices you can find on the market, as it comes preformatted with exFAT. Thus, it won't matter what OS is there on your computer, you will be able to transfer and exchange files freely seconds after you connect the Fuel. In order for the drive to function properly, the specifications require your computer to be Windows Vista or later, or Mac 10.06 and higher. Other gadgets should be based either on iOS 5.1.1 and higher or Android 2.4 and higher. In order to avoid risks of data damage, loss, or its unauthorized access, we strongly recommend users to encrypt the drive with a password on the very first use, which you should be able to do right in the settings.

When at home or on a trip, you can always enjoy your spare time with the LaCie Fuel at hand. This wireless portable hard drive supports up to 5 simultaneous connections with a streaming of HD-quality video to 3 devices at a time, so you and your relatives can have fun spending time together. The Fuel offers the support of Airplay, Chromecast, Samsung Smart и Roku to watch videos on large screen TVs and display devices.