![]() ![]() Sending files to your own devices is even faster. Just select which Android devices you want to share with from the list that pops up. To me it looks like neither Microsoft nor Google are interested in sacrificing their own technology to each other in favor of a better user experience.Ĭan Linus please scream into the camera on WAN show for a minute and smash his phone onto the table as he always does? Makes me at least feel better seeing him being just as mad as I am about this crap. Sending a photo, video or document from your PC to a nearby Android device is as easy as dragging and dropping it into the app, or by selecting Send with Nearby Share in the right-click menu. They clearly want a tighter integration of Android within Windows.Īnd Google? It's great that they launched this beta and the app does work really well, but where is the integration with Chrome? Chrome has already functionality built in to send and receive website links to and from Android devices. Microsoft also decided to advertise Phone Link directly in the setup process of Windows 11. Download Nearby Share and ensure Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are enabled on your Windows PC. desktops and laptops) running a 64-bit version of Windows 10 and up ARM devices not supported. Why is it not possible that Microsoft's technology works with Google's? Clearly both companies are interested in working together, as Microsoft has released the "Phone-Link for Windows" app a few years ago, which does not only help you to send files between Android and Windows devices, but also makes you able to make calls on your Windows device. Easily send via drag-n-drop or right click and select Send with Nearby Share. Windows has "Nearby Sharing" literally built in. Yet another app for a functionality that both OS' already support. The simplest way to get started with Nearby sharing is to tap on the Share icon in a Universal Windows Platform ( UWP) app like Microsoft Photos or the Edge browser. You’ll have to switch on your PC’s WiFi and Bluetooth for the feature to work, but you can choose who can see your device and send you files to fend off any potential spam messages. You can download it right now from the Android website, as long as your computer is running the 64-bit version of Windows 10 and up and isn’t powered by ARM processors. ![]()
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