Android’s ‘Nearby Sharing’ feature coming to Chrome as well - Android

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Android’s ‘Nearby Sharing’ feature coming to Chrome as well - Android

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Google has worked on ‘Nearby Sharing’ for some time now, but it looks like the search giant could be aiming beyond Android with the feature. Nearby Sharing could eventually come to several desktop operating systems. For those unfamiliar with Nearby Sharing, previously called ‘Fast Share,’ it’s an AirDrop-like software that will let users share things...

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Google has worked on ‘Nearby Sharing’ for some time now, but it looks like the search giant could be aiming beyond Android with the feature. Nearby Sharing could eventually come to several desktop operating systems.

For those unfamiliar with Nearby Sharing, previously called ‘Fast Share,’ it’s an AirDrop-like software that will let users share things with nearby devices. For example, you could easily share contacts, pictures or websites with those near you.

While it looks like Nearby Sharing could arrive with Android 11, new details uncovered by Chrome Story’s Dinsan Francis suggest it will also come to Chrome OS, Windows, Mac and Linux. Currently, the feature is available on Chrome OS, but is hidden behind a flag. Chrome flags are semi-hidden settings available on the ‘chrome://flags’ page often used to test in-development features.

In this case, the feature is hidden under the ‘#nearby-sharing’ flag. Interestingly, the description of the flag reads as follows: “Enables Nearby Sharing for sharing content between devices. – Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS.”