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The Multipeer Connectivity APIs, introduced in iOS 7, therefore may well be the most significant for the platform. It allows developers to completely reimagine how mobile apps are built, and to redefine what is possible. And we’re not just talking about successors to the lame bump-to-send-contact-information genre, either: multi-peer connectivity has implications on everything from collaborative editing and file sharing to multiplayer gaming and sensor aggregation.