Google's Nearby Share service could be rebranded as Quick Share, which is the same name as Samsung's file sharing service.
    • @[email protected]English
      1•2 years ago

      I use it and like it. The only time I had trouble was as a moved very big archives from one pc to a laptop it didn’t work.

    • mayoooooEnglish
      1•2 years ago

      Local send is better than everything else, including nearby share (both the windows version and the android one). And it’s fastest by far.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•2 years ago

        I’ve found photon to be the fastest for me

        but I use warpinator as it has additional security considerations and automatic file send and receive (without confirmation)

        • mayoooooEnglish
          1•2 years ago

          Thanks for the links, I have to check this out

          • mayoooooEnglish
            1•2 years ago

            I’m not sure, I can’t use samsung things, but localsend maxes out my wifi, so… maybe it would be slower compared to the samsung thing if I had better wifi?

        • rhythmisaprancer
          1•2 years ago

          My main use case is with folks who have Apple phones. LocalSend has interoperability there. I cannot speak to Android-Android transfers with it, but have used the nearby share in the past.

  • @[email protected]English
    5•2 years ago

    IMO if they could make the options more easily understood or let users select the way the files needs to be shared.

    I have often found that Nearby would be using F* Bluetooth to send files.

  • @[email protected]English
    28•2 years ago

    Great, now partner with Microsoft and merge it with Windows so the majority of Android users might finally stop emailing themselves, or sending files through their messaging app of choice

      • Ace! _SL/SEnglish
        3•2 years ago

        Good choice, although I prefer rsync for wireless and adb for wired transfers

      • falkerie71English
        9•2 years ago

        Google has a Nearby Share beta for Windows. W If that’s not your cup of tea, Pairdrop works okay too.