According to reviews, the WD My Passport Wireless Pro is the top choice among wireless external hard drives. It's versatile, too, able to act as a personal hot spot that can share an Internet connection with up to eight devices, and as a media streamer, wirelessly delivering stored movies, music and...

Wireless capability; Can stream stored video; Can act as a Wi-Fi hub; Connects to multiple devices simultaneously; SD card slot for easy photo backups

RAW photo files can't be viewed as thumbnails; Some complaints of glitches

The My Passport Wireless Pro improves on its previous iteration in some ways and packs more bits than any wireless hard drive to date, but its mixed-bag software and usability hiccups gave us pause.

Integrated SD 3.0 card slot; Available in 2TB or 3TB capacities; Good battery life for a wireless hard drive

Glitchy experiences; even after a WD firmware update; Bulky; non-traditional size; Bumpy software implementation

Western Digital is following up their mobile My Passport Wireless drive with the My Passport Wireless Pro, a lightweight portable drive that is lighter, faster, and available in larger capacities with greater battery life.

Large storage capacity; lightweight and portable; decent battery life; pass-through Wi-Fi; integration with Plex and Adobe CC; user-friendly software

Occasional disconnects during streaming; streaming can lag if more than three or four devices are connected at once; getting it to work well with Plex takes quite a bit of effort and know-how; My Cloud app could use more file organization options; not rugged

As a MacBook Air user who saved a bit of money by opting for the lowest storage option of the laptop, I am someone who is always open to a little bit extra storage space. While I have effectively managed with my quota of 128GB over the past year or so, I know this can't last forever.

The content creators of today demand portability and convenience from storage drives, so what would fit their needs? Western Digital's answer: a portable drive with fast wireless speeds and multiple device interfaces – the My Passport Wireless Pro.

Wireless transfer; Long battery life

Speed limited by hardware

External storage is commonplace now, but traditional standalone storage products sometimes leave a large number of devices hanging. I've got a 2TB external drive plugged into a USB 3 port, for example, which is great for the main PC, but it doesn't help much with the laptop, iPhone and iPad.

To see how much data throughput I was able to pull from a WiFi connection to the Western Digital My Passport Wireless Pro 2TB, I used a 2015 13" Apple MacBook Pro equipped with a Broadcom 802.11ac wireless adapter. This MacBook Pro is considered one of the best laptops in the market at press time.

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.

WD's My Passport Wireless Pro is one of the most feature rich storage devices I have seen in a very long time, but it certainly comes at a price.

I loved the concept but it was difficult to set up and use, After several firmware updates, it dies while travelling in India. Replaced under warrantywhen I returned. I had to send in the dead drive with all my data on it to get it replaced. A few months later the new unit died. Not a happy camper