Welcome to the UPnP™ Forum!

The UPnP™ Forum is an industry initiative designed to enable simple and robust connectivity among consumer electronics, intelligent appliances and mobile devices from many different vendors. As a group, we are dedicated to making the connected home and lifestyle mainstream experiences for consumers - and great opportunities for the industry.

The Forum consists of more than

860

vendors, including industry leaders in:

Computing, printing and networking
Consumer electronics
Home appliances, automation, control and security
Mobile products.

By defining and publishing UPnP device and service descriptions, Forum members work to

Enable the emergence of easily connected devices and simplify the implementation of network devices
Allow devices to connect seamlessly
Drive the development of an ecosystem to support the UPnP devices.

Companies with interests in particular device classes are encouraged to join the Forum and participate in designing schema templates for their device classes.