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Google Brings AirDrop-Style Tap to Share to Android Users, Starting with Pixels
The update lets Android users exchange contact cards, photos and videos with a tap, while Pixel 11 moves its NFC antenna for easier use.
- On Wednesday, Google launched Tap to Share via Quick Share, enabling instant contact and file transfers between Android devices with a physical tap. The feature rolls out today to Pixel 6 and newer phones.
- To facilitate this gesture, Google engineered a crucial hardware change on the Google Pixel 11 series by repositioning the NFC chip to the top, enabling an Apple-like intuitive tap to initiate device handshake.
- Users can share photos, videos, or contact cards by selecting media in the Share Sheet and tapping devices together, which establishes a direct connection for instant, two-way information exchange between compatible Android devices.
- Google plans to expand Tap to Share to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, Fold 8 Ultra, and Flip 8 soon, bringing Android closer to Apple's NFC-powered NameDrop feature launched in iOS 17.
- The feature will help propagate Quick Share for file transfers, as many Android users remain unaware of the tool. Google intends to expand support across more devices by year-end.
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Google releases Android tap to share, a feature that allows you to send photos, videos and contacts while touching two compatible mobile phones.
·Los Angeles, United States
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Google has started to officially provide a new functionality on Android. It promises to simplify the way users exchange data. By name Tap to Share, it allows the transfer of content through the approximation of...
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Google Pixel 11 Gets AirDrop-Like Feature: Tap Phones to Share Photos, Videos and Contacts
Google’s new Quick Share feature brings AirDrop-like tap-to-share functionality to Android, starting with Pixel devices and expanding to older Pixel phones and Samsung foldables.
·New York, United States
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