Google’s Nearby Share could finally become the AirDrop competitor it was always meant to be
Despite being a useful feature,Nearby Sharehas not become the AirDrop competitor in the Android and Google ecosystem many of us hoped for. The big G has not given up on the feature, though, and updated it withgroup sharing supportlast year to further increase its usefulness. Now, the company seems to be on the verge of rolling out another nifty improvement for Nearby Share to make sharing files between your own devices easier. Dubbed Self Share, the option wasfirst found being tested in early January. While not rolled out yet, the feature is present in the latest version of Google Play Services.
Spotted by Esper’s Mishaal Rahman, the upcoming Nearby Share feature will allow you to transfer files between devices logged into the same Google account without having to approve the share first. TheDevice Visibilityoption in Nearby Share will gain a newYour Devicessection for this. This is exactly how AirDrop works in Apple’s ecosystem when sharing files between devices that are using the same Apple ID. There’s no additional confirmation required to complete the transfer process.
Right now, even when sharing files between two of your devices that are logged into the same Google account, you need to approve the share on the recipient device to start the file transfer process. This additional step prevents the entire file sharing process from being completely seamless. Apart from files and photos, you’re able to also use Nearby Share to share apps installed on your handset with other Android devices.
Since the feature has already been found in the latest version of Google Play Services, Google could be on the verge of making an official announcement and rolling out Self Share sooner than later. It’s possible that the company is planning to officially reveal it duringGoogle I/O 2022.
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