What is Bonjour?

Bonjour is like having a friendly helper that lets your toys talk to each other without you needing to shout or wave flags.

Imagine you have a toy robot and a toy phone. When you press a button on the robot, it wants to call the phone, but how does it know where the phone is? That’s where Bonjour comes in, it’s like having a little sign-post that says, “I’m here!” So the robot can find the phone easily.

Think of Bonjour as a group of helpful friends who live on your tablet or computer. When you turn on a new toy (or app), these friends say, “Hello! I’m here!” to all the other toys nearby. The other toys listen and say, “Oh, there’s a new friend, let’s play together!”

It's like when you go to a park and you wave at your friends, and they wave back. You don’t need a loudspeaker or a map, just a simple hello.

So Bonjour is just that: a friendly way for things on your tablet or computer to find each other and work together without any extra effort.