One of the novelties that we will find when our Android device updates Google Play Services to the May version is in Share Nearby. Google’s AirDrop wins a major improvement.
now now Share with nearby it focused on person-to-person file sharing, requiring you to confirm a PIN when pairing to accept the download. Well, that previous step disappears between our devices.
Share files between your devices
From today, and for the next few days, Share with nearby will add a new section in your configuration. In Settings > Google > Devices & sharing > Share with nearby > Device visibility we will see how the “Hidden” option will be replaced by “Your Devices”. This new option will keep your device hidden from other people’s devices, but viewable on your own devices.
For devices that using the same Google account will be visible to each otherso we no longer have to leave our device visible to other contacts or to the whole world whenever we want send us a filesuch as mobiles, Chromebooks, Android TV or Android Auto.
As we will see in a tweet from Mishaal Rahman, when we are going to send a file to one of our devices, the download will start automatically, it will not ask for authorization or PIN confirmation for the link. Upon detecting that both devices are using the same Google account, everything is done automatically, with which no need to intervene on the other device as per usual.
Here’s a demo of “personal sharing” in Nearby Sharing (meaning no authentication is required to share files between devices signed into the same Google account) as well as a preview of a new “completion” screen. pic.twitter.com/zPHMI0IvGH
-Mishaal Rahman (ishaMishaalRahman) May 2, 2022
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