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Our goal is to launch the feature with support for Android 6+ devices as well as other platforms.' 'WeвЂ™re currently conducting a beta test of a new Nearby Share feature that we plan to share more information on in the future. Google tells us that Nearby Share is currently in limited testing via the Play Services beta: With the right sharing settings, that means you can still receive files from folks outside your contacts list, you just need to be aware they're trying to share something with you and ready to receive it. Tap it, and you can make your device visible to receive content. There's also a quick settings tile for Nearby Share that appears if you have the feature. Nearby Share Quick settings tile on the Z Flip. You can easily do that via the quick settings toggle - more on that later. That said, it sounds like you can still send content to folks outside your contacts, they'll just need to be ready and waiting for it with Nearby Share open.

#Airdrop for android full#

In any case, it appears you can't blast out an obscene photo to a subway car full of unwilling recipients, like you can on Apple's AirDrop. There are three visibility settings: All Contacts, Some Contacts, and Hidden. The interface is pretty simple: A big X in the top left corner backs you out, your avatar on the right takes you to a settings pane that lets you configure things like your device name, visibility, and which mechanism to use to make the transfer (i.e., whether to use your internet connection for small files, to stick to Wi-Fi, or to always share offline). Once you have it enabled, Nearby Sharing starts looking for other nearby devices. Center: Nearby Share settings, accessible by tapping your avatar in the top right corner. On the other hand, the paid version is only a dollar, so it's probably worth it.Left: Nearby Share looking for another device.

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And while you can transfer files from your PC to your phone, the free version limits the filesize to 5MB per file. There's also no way to share directly via the share menu, so you have to open up the app any time you want to share anything. Just like before, you connect to your phone's network and then follow the given URL. The downside is that you have to set up the hotspot yourself, and that's not obvious at first. WiFi File Transfer works both ways and even has a nice (but arguably pretty ugly) UI to browse, send and recieve files from your PC to your phone.

The only problem with this method is that it only works in one direction, so there's no way to send a file from your PC to your phone. You can also chose to send multiple file all at once. It even works with intents so all you do is choose the file, select 'Share' via Fast File Transfer, and this automatically sets up a hotspot so you can connect to the network from your PC (or other phone, for that matter) and enter the URL given to start downloading the file. AirDroid requires an actual WiFi network, which isn't what I'm looking for.)ДЇast File Transfer works fine for sending a file from your phone to your PC, without any additional steps.

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(Note: AirDroid did not work since my Nexus 4 can't detect the ad-hoc network I set up on my Mac and AirDroid doesn't work through the portable hotspot I set up on my Nexus 4.

It's not as simple as I had hoped, but it works and is still fairly simple to set up. Every app I've heard of either uses bluetooth or requires both devices to be connected to a pre-existing WiFi network.Д®DIT: Just to make it clear: wireless transfer between Android and PC/Mac without internet, a pre-existing WiFi network nor Bluetooth.Д®DIT 2: OK, so I think I found a way to do what I wanted. needs WiFi to be turned on to function but doesn't need both devices to be connected to an existing WiFi network. I'm thinking of something that works similarly to AirDrop between iPhones and Macs, i.e. How can I transfer a large file wirelessly (large enough to be too slow for bluetooth) without having an open WiFi network around?