Nearby Share

E40786

file sharing feature wireless data transfer technology

Nearby Share is Google's proximity-based file sharing feature that lets users quickly and wirelessly send files, links, and other content between nearby Android and ChromeOS devices.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Nearby Connections API	1
Nearby Share canonical	1
Nearby Sharing (service API surface)	1
Quick Share (Google)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T314900 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Nearby Share
Context triple: [ChromeOS, hasFeature, Nearby Share]

A. Surface Hub
Surface Hub is Microsoft's large interactive whiteboard and collaboration device designed for meetings, presentations, and team productivity in business and educational environments.
B. Periscope
Periscope was a live video streaming mobile app that allowed users to broadcast and watch real-time video from around the world.
C. TeamViewer
TeamViewer is a German software company best known for its remote access and remote control solutions that allow users to connect to and manage devices over the internet.
D. File Explorer
File Explorer is the built-in file management application in Microsoft Windows that lets users browse, organize, and manage files, folders, and drives on their computer.
E. BARD Mobile app
The BARD Mobile app is a specialized application that provides accessible audio and braille books and magazines to people who are blind, visually impaired, or print disabled.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Nearby Share
Target entity description: Nearby Share is Google's proximity-based file sharing feature that lets users quickly and wirelessly send files, links, and other content between nearby Android and ChromeOS devices.

A. Surface Hub
Surface Hub is Microsoft's large interactive whiteboard and collaboration device designed for meetings, presentations, and team productivity in business and educational environments.
B. Periscope
Periscope was a live video streaming mobile app that allowed users to broadcast and watch real-time video from around the world.
C. TeamViewer
TeamViewer is a German software company best known for its remote access and remote control solutions that allow users to connect to and manage devices over the internet.
D. File Explorer
File Explorer is the built-in file management application in Microsoft Windows that lets users browse, organize, and manage files, folders, and drives on their computer.
E. BARD Mobile app
The BARD Mobile app is a specialized application that provides accessible audio and braille books and magazines to people who are blind, visually impaired, or print disabled.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	file sharing feature ⓘ wireless data transfer technology ⓘ
brandingChange	renamed to Quick Share on Android in 2024 ⓘ
communicationProtocol	Bluetooth ⓘ Bluetooth ⓘ surface form: Bluetooth Low Energy WebRTC ⓘ peer-to-peer Wi‑Fi ⓘ
compatibleWith	Android smartphones ⓘ Android tablets ⓘ ChromeOS devices ⓘ Chromebook ⓘ surface form: Chromebooks Windows ⓘ surface form: Windows (via Google’s Nearby Share for Windows app)
developer	Google ⓘ
feature	Wi‑Fi-only transfers option ⓘ automatic protocol selection ⓘ contact-based sharing ⓘ data usage control ⓘ device visibility controls ⓘ end-to-end encrypted transfers (for some modes) ⓘ everyone mode ⓘ hidden mode ⓘ offline transfers ⓘ proximity-based discovery ⓘ self-share between user’s own devices ⓘ
introducedBy	Google in 2020 ⓘ
operatingSystem	Android ⓘ ChromeOS ⓘ
platform	desktop ⓘ mobile ⓘ
replacedBy	Nearby Share self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quick Share (Google)
requires	Bluetooth enabled ⓘ Google Play Services ⓘ surface form: Google Play Services (on Android) Wi‑Fi or mobile data (for some transfers) ⓘ location services (for discovery) ⓘ
securityFeature	ability to block unknown senders ⓘ phone number-based contact verification ⓘ temporary device visibility ⓘ
similarTo	AirDrop ⓘ surface form: Apple AirDrop
supports	app sharing ⓘ clipboard content sharing ⓘ contact sharing ⓘ file transfer ⓘ link sharing ⓘ photo sharing ⓘ video sharing ⓘ
useCase	sending files from Android to Windows PCs ⓘ sharing content between Android and ChromeOS devices ⓘ sharing files between nearby Android devices ⓘ
userInterfaceElement	Quick Settings tile on Android ⓘ share sheet entry on Android ⓘ

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