Last December, Google announced a change to APKs uploaded to the Play Store that would insert a bit of security metadata in order to verify the provenance of these files. The "distributed by Google Play" metadata was made official this June, and although there was a lot of uproar about it being akin to DRM, the truth was a little far from that. Now, the Android Developers blog has announced the fruits of this whole ordeal: Play-sanctioned peer-to-peer app sharing is a reality.
Read MoreGoogle Play peer-to-peer app and game sharing is live starting with SHAREit — Files Go and Xender to follow
Lenovo's SHAREit reaches 500 million downloads on the Play Store
Half a billion. That's how many downloads Lenovo's SHAREit app has clocked on the Play Store so far. Part of it should technically be due to the fact that the app comes pre-installed on many of Lenovo's Android devices, but we know it's also popular with those who don't have it pre-installed because a lot of people look for it on APK Mirror. Oops, sorry, that must have eaten a little into the 500 million on the Play Store, our bad.
SHAREit uses Wi-Fi direct to simplify and speed up file and media sharing across platforms. It works on Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, Mac, and Windows, so it should have you covered regardless of your platform.
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