A special dongle will do the trick to make today’s laptops and other devices capable of detecting Li-Fi. But down the road, your computer or smartphone could be equipped with two new Li-Fi ...

Standards are coming, though: the Li-Fi consortium is the main group working to create a WiFi-like standard that will provide the same sort of interoperability that WiFi devices have. There is no ...

An examination of iOS 9's firmware and source code has revealed Apple may be experimenting with ways to make future iPhones compatible with Li-Fi technology. The Cupertino, Calif.-based firm's ...

More than 130 years after the photophone came to light, Professor Harald Haas is pioneering his own light-centric wireless communications technology, Li-Fi.

Unlike Wi-Fi, which uses radio waves to create a wireless connection, Li-Fi relies on light to transmit data. Through this process, Li-Fi promises speeds that are 100 times faster than Wi-Fi.

HARALD HAAS: Li-Fi works in similar way to Wi-Fi except it doesn't use radio for data communication. It uses LED lights. LED lights are little electronic devices, a little bit like transistors.

Li-Fi is said to be 100 times faster than Wi-Fi or "the equivalent of downloading 18 HD movies every ... Somewhat surprising is that your device doesn't need line of sight with the Li-Fi bulb, ...

Given the publication of the IEEE 802.11bb standard, Li-Fi devices should become available to the general consumers within the next year. It will be interesting to see if the new tech gets widely ...