v1.0.0

wadb v1.0.0 — first stable release

Pair Android devices over ADB Wi-Fi straight from your terminal: scan a QR with the phone, get an adb connect ready to go.

Highlights

• Smarter discovery — prefers _adb-tls-connect._tcp endpoints announced by the same host that did the pairing, and prints the connected device name when Android system properties are available.
• More UX knobs
  • --adb — force a specific adb binary
  • --pair-only — stop after successful pairing, skip adb connect
  • --qr-ascii — fallback QR rendering for terminals that mangle the compact one
  • Env-var equivalents for every UX flag and timeout
• Releases on rails — switched to GoReleaser for archives, SHA-256 checksums and GitHub Releases; release workflow now updates the Homebrew tap automatically.

Install

brew install lindevhard/tap/wadb
# wadb needs adb on PATH:
brew install --cask android-platform-tools

Or grab a binary from the assets below.

Quick start

wadb              # scan the QR on your phone → device is paired & connected
wadb --pair-only  # just pair, don't connect
wadb doctor       # diagnose adb / mDNS issues

Notes

• Windows support is marked experimental until adb discovery is verified there.

Full changelog: CHANGELOG.md · diff: v0.2.0...v1.0.0

v0.2.0

Improves diagnostics and reliability for Android wireless pairing.

Added

• Added --pair-timeout and --connect-timeout flags.
• Added --verbose mDNS discovery logging.
• Added wadb doctor for local adb and mDNS diagnostics.
• Added a platform-tools version warning for older adb installations.
• Documented diagnostics options and linked the Android Makers/droidCon 2026 ADB Wi-Fi 2 talk.

Changed

• Try multiple discovered _adb-tls-connect._tcp endpoints after pairing instead of only the first one.
• Improved pairing and connect timeout errors with actionable network and mDNS hints.
• Improved wadb doctor output when adb mdns services reports no discovered services.
• Added the demo GIF to the README.

Notes

wadb still delegates the actual TLS pairing handshake to adb pair; the new diagnostics are meant to make Wi-Fi, mDNS, and platform-tools issues easier to spot.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/LinDevHard/wadb/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

v0.1.1

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.1.1