Google has quietly launched its handy Quick Share app for Windows for ARM-powered devices such as Snapdragon X Elite laptops.
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Quick Share is the long-awaited “AirDrop for Android,” but many users have no idea it exists. To help with that, Google is apparently going to start requiring new Android devices to introduce users to Quick Share during the setup process.
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Rolling out now, Quick Share on Android now shows a percentage to make it more clear the status of an ongoing file transfer.
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Google’s Quick Share is AirDrop for Android, but there’s some loose evidence that it could be coming to Apple’s iOS and macOS platforms at some point.
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The Quick Share app on Windows is getting a new update that fixes a ton of bugs, but doesn’t add anything particularly new.
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The latest addition to Files by Google is a “Receive” floating action button (FAB) for Quick Share.
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Google is rolling out an update to Quick Share for Windows which fixes a handful of issues, improves performance, and strangely removes the desktop shortcut.
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A new update to Quick Share looks to have appeared on some Galaxy devices. The update brings a higher daily file size cap, upping it from 5GB.
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Android’s Quick Share, formerly Nearby Share, is a fast way to share files and more between devices, but it’s not always perfect. In an apparent process to streamline the process even more, Google appears to be adding support for QR codes in Quick Share on Android.
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Google recently rebranded Nearby Share to Quick Share. The change brought along a new icon and a couple of visual changes. This detailed guide will help you modify your Quick Share settings to get the most out of it.
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Quick Share is now getting an updated and refreshed transfer progress animation that adheres better to Material Design 3 principles.
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As Google’s rebrand of Nearby Share continues, we’re now seeing Quick Share appear on Chromebooks.
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Quick Share is still rolling out, but we’ve found a peculiar little trick on how to get Quick Share on your Google phone or tablet using the Pixel Tips app.
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As Quick Share rolls out to Android, Google has updated Nearby Share for Windows with the latest branding.
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The transition of Nearby Share to Quick Share is officially underway, and it’s also bringing a nice upgrade that allows users to send files from their device to another directly from the sharing menu.
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The merger of Quick Share and Nearby Share is very much underway, but it’s a bit messy thus far. One outstanding issue is the availability of Nearby Share and Quick Share on Windows, with the two apps still lacking cross-compatibility. According to Samsung, that won’t be resolved for quite a while.
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Following the CES announcement at the start of this month, Google is now rolling out Quick Share on Pixel and other non-Samsung devices.
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Nearby Share was officially announced in August of 2020 to let Android users locally send files from one device to another. Google is now “collaborating with Samsung” to create a “singular cross-Android solution” called “Quick Share,” and it begins rolling out next month.
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