If you want to exchange files between Android smartphones quickly and easily, you can use Quick Share. We’ll show you how to use the feature for your files.
- Quick Share is the new name of Nearby Share, Android’s native file sharing system.
- The feature uses WLAN and Bluetooth to exchange files.
- You don’t even need to be signed in to your Google account for Quick Share to work.
If you need to share files between two Android devices, you can use classic solutions such as WhatsApp or Google Drive. However, it is easier and requires no internet connection with Quick Share.
Using Quick Share, you can share practically anything on Android that is stored as a file on your smartphone. The corresponding button can always be found in the share context menu, which you can find in apps like Google Photos or Chrome. The files are transferred using WLAN and Bluetooth; an internet connection is not required.
And this is how you share a file using Quick Share, shown here using a photo in Google Photos:
Complete! The file is now shared and saved in the Downloads folder in a subfolder called Nearby Share.
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