Google’s nearby share is competing with AirDrop, which allows Android users to share files between devices seamlessly. Google is now announcing the ability to distribute apps to users on Android devices using the Share app. Close Share was first released in August 2020 and enables Android users to share and receive files, photos and videos. In December 2020, the option to distribute applications for Proximity Sharing was announced. And the launch of users began in February this year. Nearby Share is Android’s response to Apple AirDrop, which for years has allowed Apple users to regularly send files to each other in a specific section.
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Read more on how to send and receive apps in android easily with nearby sharing feature. It is mostly available on almost all Google smartphones.
How Google Nearby sharing works?
The new app allows users to share apps from Google Play with their neighbors via Android mobile phones without internet or Wi-Fi connection. To use the new features, users need to go to the Google Play Store with their Android phone, click their profile icon, and then select Manage apps on device. There the user should see a “Share” option next to two buttons – Send and Receive. Click the icon to highlight a list of applications from which users can select the applications to upload. Then they can click the Send button to open a list of nearby Android devices. The recipient of the application clicks “Receive” to appear on the sender’s device.
Users can click Send to send the program to someone, and if they receive the program, they can click “Receive”. When uploading applications, users can select multiple applications and upload them at once. Using this feature requires users to visit the Google Play store on their website, and then move it to the list of apps on the device for selection and publishing. We tested this send and receive apps in android feature on few smartphones with Android 11 and it worked well.