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Android's upcoming AirDrop alternative Nearby Sharing has been captured on camera

Manuel Vonau2020/01/27
3:00am PSTJan 27, 2020

Android's upcoming AirDrop alternative Nearby Sharing has been captured on camera

Android used to let you quickly share links and files between devices thanks to Android Beam, but the NFC-handshake-based technology has never seen wide adoption, so Google sunset it with the launch of Android 10. Instead, the company is working on a new, more powerful solution called "Fast Share" or "Nearby Sharing" as part of the Google Play Services. Android app developer Kieron Quinn managed to activate the feature, and it looks unapologetically similar to Apple AirDrop.

Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo collaborate on unified file sharing solution (Update: Now available on select phones)

Scott Scrivens2020/01/02
3:50am PSTJan 2, 2020

Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo collaborate on unified file sharing solution (Update: Now available on select phones)

Update
Now available on select devices from Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo

Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo have announced that they're joining forces to create a new file transfer solution that will work seamlessly across devices made by each of them. The peer-to-peer protocol will be able to transfer files at a speed of up to 20MB/s, likely using Bluetooth for pairing and then WiFi for transfer.

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