After first teasing in February, Google is beginning to widely roll out Quick Share’s “Use mobile data” option on Android.
Top comment by JG
you can continue your Quick Share transfers over Wi-Fi or mobile data even if the sender or receiver loses direct connection
I'd like to see Google expand this to allow us initiate a long distance share as well...
Let me take the URL the QR code generates & share it via RCS/SMS, IM, etc. When my friend clicks on it, it pairs our two devices creating a private e2e tunnel through the cloud to allow us to share files even if we're not physically nearby.
Google first announced how “you can continue your Quick Share transfers over Wi-Fi or mobile data even if the sender or receiver loses direct connection” in the February 2025 system release notes. Those on the beta version of Play services started seeing it then. As always, it takes some time for features announced there to become widely available.
With the stable version of Google Play services 25.18, we’re now seeing a “Use mobile data: Continue sharing if your device can’t connect over Wi-Fi. Data charges may apply” on/off toggle underneath Account, Device name, and Who can share with you settings. It was enabled by default on our end.
We’re seeing it on several devices running Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1, but it’s also appearing on Android 15. It’s not yet widely rolled out.
As a reminder, Google’s Quick Share app will stop working on Samsung PCs starting next week.
More on Quick Share:
- Google Quick Share app on Samsung PCs will be replaced in May
- ‘Quick Share from Google’ on Windows is now just ‘Quick Share’
- Google Quick Share widely rolling out QR code sharing
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