An Wifi SD card or any other Memory card with WiFi helps you upload photos, videos and other files wirelessly to your MacBook, iPhone, iPad or other device without having to take the card out of the camera, camcorder and the like. So you can just leave the camera on the tripod, especially in cold climates, or leave the action cam (e.g. GoPro) in the waterproof housing. You can theoretically read photos and videos with a WLAN SD card when the camera is out of range, in the water or on the drone.
Chapter in this post:
- 1 Wifi SD card: Toshiba, eyefi or Wifi adapter from TOOGOO
- 2 Toshiba FlashAir memory cards with WLAN connection
- 3 eyefi SDHC card: Wifi SD card with Class 10 and 8, 16 or 32 GB
- 4 TOOGOO Wifi adapters for SD cards and SDHC cards
- 5 Toshiba FlashAir, eyefi Mobi or TOOGOO: these apps are necessary
- 6 Conclusion on the subject
- 7 Similar posts
Wifi SD card: Toshiba, eyefi or Wifi adapter from TOOGOO
Toshiba FlashAir memory cards with WiFi connection
If you do not want to read the videos, pictures or other files on the SD card with a USB reader or other accessories, then the offers from Toshiba and eyefi are worthwhile. Toshiba has come up with the brand name FlashAir also created a catchy term that sums up the use of WLAN SD cards. With the Toshiba FlashAir memory cards you can leave the memory card in the device and, for example, App retrieve the images, audio data (from microphones or dictaphones), photos, videos and so on with the smartphone or tablet.
eyefi SDHC card: Wifi SD card with Class 10 and 8, 16 or 32 GB
There are also memory cards with WLAN from the company eyefi, whose name already suggests that photos and videos can be transferred from SD or SDHC cards via WiFi. Here, too, you can transfer data from the memory card to your laptop, computer, smartphone or tablet using an app or a simple WLAN connection. A single photo or video can be viewed quickly without having to take the card out of the camera or remove it from the tripod. There are by the way eyefi Mobile Secure SD cards (orange) and eyefi Mobi Pro Secure SD cards (black); You can find the details of the individual models on the product pages.
TOOGOO Wifi adapter for SD cards and SDHC cards
If you use a micro SD card or want to use it in your device (camera, video camera, etc.), then you can also use this adapter. It not only turns your micro SD card into an SD card, but also one with WiFi. To connect to a smartphone or tablet (iOS or Android) you need the TOOGOO app. A good alternative to the above cards if you prefer to use smaller cards in devices with larger slots.
- Plug the WiFi adapter with Micro SD / TF card into the camera, and share photos you've just taken to cell phones or tablets via ...
- SD surfing: you can access pictures, music, video IN Micro SD / TF.
- Shoot & View: see photos from your camera, which can be easily taken and transferred to your mobile phone or tablet ...
Toshiba FlashAir, eyefi Mobi or TOOGOO: these apps are necessary
In addition to the hardware, you also need accessories made of bits and bytes in order to be able to use the WLAN SD cards. Here I have listed the sources for the respective app for the WLAN memory cards:
- FlashAir app for Toshiba memory cards: for iOS devices / for Android devices
- Eyefi Mobi App for iOS, Android, Kindle, Windows: on eyefi.com/download
- App download for TOOGOO Wifi adapter: via QR code on the packaging
Update November 2017: As can be read in the corresponding comment (see below), a WLAN memory card does not work per se in every device the way you want it to. For example, in a game camera not always the pictures and videos are transferred from the card when the device is in recording mode. Changing the modes or setting the right mode for the transfer can be so time-consuming that it would be easier to remove the SD card and read it directly on the Mac / MacBook. With many devices, however, it is not possible to say immediately whether and how well a WLAN SD card can be used - that's why the proof of the pudding is in the eating. (Update end)
Conclusion on the topic
Simply take a photo or several pictures, add one or the other video, record the relevant notes or travel diary with the dictation device or do something completely different - and then: the data on the Wifi SD card conveniently from your smartphone, tablet or laptop Read out via WLAN. The output devices (even one or more cameras at the same time) remain in their holder, case, bag or wherever they are. But you can get the data. Top! What is your opinion, what are your experiences with Wifi SD / SDHC memory cards? Feel free to leave a comment! :)
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I find the post interesting. Then I bought such a card (Toshiba). I put them in a wildlife viewing camera to watch animals.
I installed the corresponding Flashair app on my mobile phone to transfer the pictures. That goes quite well so far.
BUT to connect the card to the app, I have to set the camera to replay mode, to do this I have to open the camera. You could easily swap the card and look at it on the PC or on the camera display. In this case, a WiFi card doesn't make much sense. Unfortunately this fact is not described in any of the numerous articles on the topic.
Hello! Oh, that was new to me too. I know that the wifi SD cards do not work in some cameras. For example, with my Sony NEX 7, all models have so far been on strike because the housing is made of metal. But that also applies to Wild cameras not working, I didn't know yet. I suppose this also depends on the model. Which trail camera do you have?
Thanks for the reply.
The wildlife camera is from Victure HC400.
The recordings work and the card works fine. Viewing and downloading to the app also works great. BUT the camera has to be opened and switched to replay. That is unfavorable or meaningless. One should have known.
Kind regards, K. Hofmann
Ok, that's good to know. I think that with most wildlife cameras it should work without opening the lid. Mine, for example, didn't have a replay switch ... but you probably have to try that out from model to model. LG! Jens
Hello!
Thank you for pointing this out, I'll adjust the post accordingly.
Certainly, the possibility of using a WLAN memory card varies from device to device - as well as the corresponding user-friendliness. And devices such as game cameras are often not really designed by the manufacturer to be used with such a memory card. This can lead to the fact that the Wifi-SD either has to work very well itself and must be able to transmit in every mode, or that a special (and not always logical) setting has to be found on the device that enables the wireless transmission of the data.
Best regards
John
So don't be serious now! If the article had appeared 11 or 12 days earlier, I would have thought of an April Fool's joke, admittedly quite original, without hesitation and with absolute certainty! :-O
WIFI SD card?! WHAT?! HOW?? LoL impossible, where would the technology be for radio etc.!? Never never not, at least not until good WLAN CABLES are finally available to buy... -.- Dude. Sir Apfelot: I take off my hat! 🎩 Truly unusual, but strangely also unusually nice to experience/discover/learn something completely (!) new! Thank you for that, and thank you for your strikingly friendly way of writing and reporting - it obviously also rubs off on your followers, who also seem to me, at least so far, to be extraordinarily nice and sophisticated! Really very pleasant with you :-)
Hello Fritz! Thank you for your praise, which I would also like to pass on to Johannes, who now writes most of the articles. 😊 But this one is a bit older. That's right... the readers here are really very nice, and you can tell by looking at them! There is always one or two trolls, but Johannes has already described, how to best deal with trolls. 😂 I think that's why they quickly get bored here and look for another platform where there is less moderation... So have fun here with us!