Google and Samsung Collaborate on Enhanced Quick Share for Seamless Android Data Sharing. Google and Samsung are teaming up to revamp Quick Share, a file-sharing system designed to bridge the gap and provide a superior sharing experience for Android users by integrating the best features of both Google and Samsung services.
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To clarify, Quick Share isn’t a novel concept. Samsung introduced Quick Share back in 2020, and around the same time, Android introduced its own sharing feature called Nearby Share. Now, the two tech giants are working together to create a unified method for sharing content among Android devices, which will simply be known as Quick Share.
While the existing file transfer protocols, Quick Share and Nearby Share, share some similarities, there are notable distinctions between the two. Samsung’s Quick Share was originally designed exclusively for Samsung devices, rendering it incompatible with non-Samsung Android devices (without certain workarounds). In contrast, Google’s Nearby Share is available for all Android devices, including Samsung’s, but it lacks some of the advanced features found in Quick Share, such as the ability to send files to multiple devices simultaneously.
The new Quick Share aims to streamline the sharing of photos, videos, documents, and other files between Samsung and Google devices. This integration will alleviate the need for Android users to choose between the two systems, as they will soon operate cohesively.
With the upcoming Quick Share feature on their devices, users will have access to a comprehensive list of nearby devices for sharing photos, videos, and files. In terms of privacy, users can customize who can discover their device and send files, offering options like everyone, only contacts, or only their own devices.
Quick Share is set to become available for all devices already equipped with Nearby Share starting in February. Additionally, Google has announced its collaboration with LG to pre-install Quick Share on Windows as an integrated application, further expanding its reach.
