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What is the maximum number of devices that can be connected using Google's nearby connection API?

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I can't post this as a comment but: this question might have what you want Google Nearby Connections 2.0 capabilities

For those who can't open it:

All Android devices use mobile Bluetooth chips, which are unfortunately weak (but small and power sensitive), and that causes them to have a theoretical 7 device limit but a practical 3~4 device limit.

P2P_STAR and P2P_POINT_TO_POINT [...] WiFi hotspots, which have higher bandwidth and a larger number of simultaneous devices supported. I've seen 7 devices happily connected to a Lollipop device.

If you want to go beyond that, into the 10s and 100s, and a router isn't available, you'll have to build a mesh network.

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