# Local discovery not working on android 11

**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/local-discovery-not-working-on-android-11/19745
**Category:** Android
**Created:** [February 2, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/local-discovery-not-working-on-android-11/19745 "2023-02-02T02:42:29Z")
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#### Post date: [April 13, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/local-discovery-not-working-on-android-11/19745/30 "2023-04-13T17:15:59Z")

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You’re thinking of the wrong step.

Discovery is the process of fetching the IP address of a device you’ve already added.

Local discovery is limited to finding out your device’s LAN IP, so that another device on the same LAN can connect to it. This step doesn’t work, hence the topic.

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