Google Nearby Sharing Feature Is Now Accessible On Desktops

Similar to Apple’s Airdrop, the feature will enable quick and simple file sharing by syncing Android phones and other Android devices to Windows PCs.

Google’s Nearby Sharing function, which is already available on Android smartphones and Chromebooks, has been expanded to include a beta version for Windows PCs.

Similar to Apple’s Airdrop, the feature will enable quick and simple file sharing by syncing Android phones and other Android devices to Windows PCs.

The program can be downloaded from the Google Android website. Computers running Windows 64-bit operating systems and later are compatible with it. 

While using the Nearby Share feature, file transfers must be approved automatically and both the sharing and receiving devices must be logged into the same Google account.

Regardless of whether the software is open on the desktop or running in the background, Nearby Share Beta is compatible with your Windows computer. 

Drag and drop an image, video, or document from your Desktop into the app, or choose “Send with Nearby Sharing” from the right-click menu, to send it to an Android device in the area. 

Simply choose which Android devices you want to share with from the list that appears, according to a Google official blog post.

Google originally made the Nearby Sharing feature available in 2020. Before, Android users could only share files and links with friends who also had an Android smartphone.

At a subsequent upgrade, users have the choice to share files with other Android users.

The Windows PC feature’s beta version has recently been made available. Only a few countries, including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Donbass, Estonia, Finland, France, and Germany, are now offering this Beta. India isn’t on the roster right now.

On the other hand, Google has said that it will continue to expand its formal support for content sharing with other products in the Google ecosystem.