How to share files with Mi Drop on your Xiaomi

Among the group of pre-installed applications that all Xiaomi phones with MIUI customization layer have, Mi Drop stands out above others. With this tool we will be able to share files between phones without having to connect to the Internet, whether they are from the Xiaomi brand or any other. The Mi Drop application can be installed on any phone, the only requirement is to have an Android system installed. This tool can be downloaded from the Google Play application store.The size of the download file may vary depending on the device you download it on, but it can be approximately 20MB. It is also free and does not contain .

How does the Mi Drop app work?

To share (send and receive) files between phones with the Mi Drop application we are going to do the following.

• On the next screen where we name our telephone (we can leave the name that appears by default) is where we choose the operation to carry out , either receive or send a file. We are going, this time, to send a file to another phone, although there is also the possibility of sending it to our computer. Once we press the send option, we must give permission to the application so that it can enter our documents. Now, we select the element to send, be it files, videos, applications, photos or songs.

• Let's choose a photo. Click on the small circle contained within the photo, in the lower right corner. When it is selected, click on 'Send' and grant, again, the required permissions. Also ask the other person to to accept in 'Receive' and then the phones will be paired to receive the photo. Remember that the phones do not need to be connected to the Internet to receive and send the files.

Connected My Drop with our computer

To connect Mi Drop with our computer, we proceed as follows.

• Click on the small icon located at the top left of the screen.A side menu will open where we will click on 'Connect to computer'. You have to make sure that the mobile and the computer are connected to the same WiFi, you have to look closely, especially if your router has two different types of different WiFi signals, 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. Click on 'Start'. After this, and on the same screen, a numerical code You must write this numerical code in the address bar of your computer, where you usually write the search terms to browse the Internet.

• At this point, if everything went well, you can browse through all the folders that you have on your phone through your computer . If you want to download any content you have on your phone, all you have to do is click on it.Be patient, because what you are doing is uploading a file from the mobile to the PC and this may take several minutes depending on your Internet connection, especially if you do not have a symmetrical connection.

In this side menu we can configure more elements of the application, such as changing the language, the folder where we want to receive the files that send us through My Drop or prevent files that we have hidden on our phone from being seen. As you can see, the Mi Drop application is a good alternative to being able to share files without an Internet connection.