Nearby Share

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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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Quick Share (Google) 1

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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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ChromeOS hasFeature Nearby Share
Nearby Share replacedBy Nearby Share self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Quick Share (Google)