

DLNA provides guidelines on how to make devices interoperable and also performs a lot of tests before certifying them for compatibility.

If there are two devices which are DLNA certified in a network, they will be able to discover each other, connect each other and can even operate one another in spite of the fact that they are manufactured by different companies.Ĭurrently, there are more than 4 billion devices which are DLNA certified. In fact, most of the devices we seem to take for granted when it comes to sharing information are all DLNA certified devices. In order to make this experience of one device sharing the content to another smoother, it is important that the devices are compatible to one another.ĭLNA is an alliance of big shot companies, born almost a decade ago to make sure that devices are compatible to one another, irrespective of its manufacturers. For example, one could be streaming a video from a laptop onto a TV or could be streaming music from phone to a wireless speaker. In a connected world, we are in, it is highly common to see two devices in a network exchanging information.
