{"id":4449,"date":"2023-08-17T22:18:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T22:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/google-nearby-share-inches-closer-to-airdrop-with-new-feature"},"modified":"2023-08-17T22:18:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T22:18:40","slug":"google-nearby-share-inches-closer-to-airdrop-with-new-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/google-nearby-share-inches-closer-to-airdrop-with-new-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Nearby Share inches closer to AirDrop with new feature\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google\u2019s Nearby Share has provided phenomenal support to Android users that use NFC to share files between devices, and it might just be the closest competitor to Apple\u2019s AirDrop on Android. Google even officially launched Nearby Share on Windows over a month ago.\u00a0 That said, Google\u2019s Nearby Share is not as convenient and seamless as Apple\u2019s AirDrop. However, Google is likely making a move to make it slightly better.&nbsp; Google is working to improve Nearby Share\u00a0 Recently, a number of Android users noticed Nearby Share targets on Android\u2019s share sheet. One of those users shared a screenshot with prominent technology journalist and Android expert Mishaal Rahman, who took the liberty of sharing the image on X, formerly Twitter.\u00a0 Nearby Share targets may soon start appearing directly in the Android system share sheet! This would save you a tap as you&#039;d be able to select a device to send to without opening the full Nearby Share menu.In order to reduce clutter in the share sheet, this will likely only\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/bp9yori0EY&mdash; Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) August 16, 2023 As you can see in the image, a few Nearby Share targets are listed on the share sheet, including what looks like a Pixel Tablet and Legion 5 PC.&nbsp; The difference is, until now, you had to tap Share &gt;&gt; Tap Nearby Share &gt;&gt; Select from a list of devices &gt;&gt; Tap Send. However, the targets are now appearing on the share sheet, making sharing easier by eliminating a step. Source: Google via Mishaal Rahman&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/knowtechie.com\/quicker-sharing-nearby-share-feature-android\/\">Google Nearby Share inches closer to AirDrop with new feature\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google\u2019s Nearby Share has provided phenomenal support to Android users that use NFC to share files between devices, and it might just be the closest competitor to Apple\u2019s AirDrop on&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4116,300,3284,1485,57,4090,985,72,988,12,295,34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godefy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}