The My Cloud app is largely unchanged from the version launched with the original My Passport Wireless. We detailed most of those features All connected media can be accessed from the app - you can browse all files on attached SD cards as well as smartphones connected to the USB 2.0 port.

We take the latest in the WD Passport lineup for a spin, in the form of the My Passport Wireless Pro 3TB portable HDD.

I bought this as a memory card backup device for a trip to the Galapagos. It worked fine at home. But when I got to Ecuador, the Wireless Pro stopped any detectable wireless communication. I tried backing up my SD cards, but could not see if they had been copied to the hard drive.

OK, you pay a hefty premium to cut the cord and go wireless. A standard 3TB portable hard disk will set you back about £80, but you'll have to splash out £200 for the same storage here.

Built-in Plex for serious streaming; Better battery life than the Energiser bunny; Backup modes keep your files safe

About as exciting to look at as a house brick; Hardly pocket-friendly; is it; Don't drop it on your foot - it's a heavyweight

The last time we reviewed a wireless external hard disk drive from Western Digital – the My Passport Wireless – we came out rather unimpressed by the device. This time around, the My Passport Wireless Pro , a souped-up version of the aforementioned wireless drive, landed on our desk for evaluation –...

We had only two real complaints about WD's original My Passport Wireless media-streaming Wi-Fi hard drive: short-ish battery life, and an inability to charge other devices. WD has remedied both shortcomings with the all-new My Passport Wireless Pro.

Good battery life; Can charge other devices; Good storage; Easy to use; Good value; Ideal for professionals and home users alike; Plex media server

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The My Passport Wireless Pro has wireless connectivity as well as an SD card reader onboard to allow users to upload content on the go and access it again just as easily from your other mobile devices and computers.

Wireless connectivity; excellent companion app; built-in battery to take it anywhere

Won't support Time Machine back up on a Mac; Plex experience could be better

Smartphones and tablets have certainly gotten more and more capacious in the last twelve months: Apple's got an iPad with 256GB of space, and SanDisk's 200GB microSD card similarly upped the ante for Android.

Broadly speaking, there are two types of people who need a portable hard drive. One type just needs a little additional storage periodically and would rather have something flexible and portable than a big honking drive that plugs into the wall.

The unit is slow and has no handshake ability with pc on network . i might as well walk around house and plug unit in port. what a waste of wifi (144mB/s)