Android Nearby Share

Although you surely use WhatsApp to send PDF files, voice notes, links, and funny tweets with your loved ones, there are safer, faster ways that do not compress or lose quality to these contents at the hour to send them. Google has been working on the evolution of Android Beam, which allowed you to quickly link and share content with people nearby. The new system is called Android Nearby Share, and it has several virtues that you should know about. And it is that it is possibly the fastest and most comfortable option, as well as safe, to share files with people who are close to you.

This system has been in testing during the month of June, but Google has opened the season and has begun to distribute this quality to Android terminals that have Android 6.0 on forward as the operating system. It will arrive in the coming days and weeks, and once it does you will find it as another function when it comes to sharing. We explain it to you in detail.

How to get Android Nearby Share

The feature is coming through the Google Play Services app. And it is one of these services. Therefore, in the next few days you will see in the Google Play Store that you have an update pending for this tool. Do not hesitate to download and update it to have the new function when sharing content. Of course, be patient because Google usually distributes news calmly. Gradually and staggered through different marketsThis way, if there is an error, they can correct it without affecting all users.

So most likely we will still have to wait a few days before finding the update available in Spain. Patience and more patience. Everything comes.

How to use Android Nearby Share

Once we have Nearby Share available on our Android mobile, the function is fully integrated into the terminal. This means finding it directly in the different sharing menus of the different applications. Of course, keep in mind that it is a function to share with contacts or people who are nearby, since the connection WiFi or Bluetooth is used, depending on the interest, to send it directly.

Thus, when sharing a photo from the gallery, for example, the classic menu will appear with different options for it.By WhatsApp, to post on Instagram, to share via Bluetooth... but also the option Nearby Share This appears next to the item you want to share.

This will bring up a carousel of nearby people/devices detected via a Bluetooth signal With this, all that remains is to choose which of them send it. The other person receives a notification and is informed that a person, identified by their name and Google account image, wants to submit content. If accepted, the content reaches the user. As simple as that.

How does it work

Android Nearby Share is offered as a fast and secure alternative to share items with people nearby. It does so because the communication between the sender and the receiver is fully encryptedIn this way, no third party that by any chance could access the sent files would see or understand what is being sent. A user-to-user protection like the one used in WhatsApp and that makes communication secure.

It is also fast and useful because this means of communication can be used both online and offline. That is, even if you do not have an Internet connection, you can send and receive content. To do this, it uses Bluetooth connectivity. And, if it detects that the other user's WiFi network is available to send the file faster by WiFi Direct or WiFi Hotspot, this system changes the channel to take advantage of it.

By the way, there are settings to block anyone from sending you content via Android Nearby Share So you can limit it so that only contacts that you have aggregates can send you things. Or even stay open for anyone to share with you, depending on what interests you.