
Originally released in 2002, Bonjour was released to simplify the process of detecting and connecting devices using PCs. For example, every time the iTunes app wants to synch with the iPhone or iPad, it uses Apple Bonjour to discover the device, establishes a secure connection, and manage active data transfers. PC users can also gain great use from this app because it offers great service to users who want to regularly communicate with Apple devices.


Bonjour is a networking application extensively used today by Apple to manage commonly used services for device discovery, service discovery, address assignment, and hostname resolution.īuilt on top of a zero-configuration networking framework, Bonjour for PC is still to this day used to manage Apple-compatible devices such as phones, tablets, computers, printers, and other devices over local networks using multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) service records.
