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Tap on Share button and choose Nearby Share option.
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To share files from Android to PC, head to File or photo or anything that you want to share. Alternatively, you can simply drag and drop a file or folder to share. A Nearby Share window will pop up with one. The selected file will now be shown with a button titled Nearby below it. You can either choose the file from your File explorer by clicking on Select files or Select folder option. Go to the Files app, select a file, and tap the Share icon. Share files To share files from Windows PC to Android. Receive from everyone: As the name implies, anyone can share files with you when this option is selected. Receive from Contacts: With this option, users whose contact information is stored with your Google account will be able to share. Google announced that the nearby share functionality will roll out to Android users on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and above through a google play service. Device is hidden: This means, the discoverability of the device is turned off Receive from your devices: This means, you can share files and other data between devices linked to the same Google account. The app offers a total of four options - Device is hidden, Receive from your devices, Receive from Contacts and Reveive from everyone. Choose the discover option The most important part of getting started with Nearby Share is understanding the Discover options that it offers. It will redirect you to the login page where you need to enter your login details or choose the Google account if your browser is already linked to it. If you have it, open it, if you don’t then download it from Play Store. The first thing you’ll need is the Files app. Login using Google account Click on the Sign in button at the top right corner. Steps to share folder using Nearby Share.

This is handy but can put your system at risk. This means, anyone can detect your PC and share files with you. Now available on nearly 3 billion active Android devices, Nearby Share enables us to quickly send and receive content across Android phones, tablets and Chromebooks. But, that’ll limit its functionality to ‘Receive from everyone’. Priya Samnerkar Senior Product Manager, Android In 2020, we launched Nearby Share as a fast and simple way to share files across your own devices and with friends who are close by. Now, you can use Nearby Share without linking it with your Google account.
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How to get started with Nearby Share on Windows Open Nearby Share app on your PC After opening it, you’ll see a Nearby Share window with your PC name mentioned at the top and Device is hidden text just below it on the left. Also, Nearby Share feature is available on all Android devices running Android 6 or newer.
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Then you’ll need your system to run Windows 10 version 1809 or newer to use the app. For starters, the Nearby Share app only works with the 64-bit version of Windows. Meanwhile, there are a few things you need to keep in mind.
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Notably, the only countries which have access to the beta version of the Waze app will receive a pop-up which states, “using reports from drivers and your route, you may see alerts for History of crashes on some roads," says the report.Things you should know about using Nearby Share on Windows We have already done a detailed guide on the Nearby Share feature. Google also highlighted the availability of the ‘Emojify’ feature for the Gboard keyboard’s beta version.

The feature will be available to all Nearby Share users in the coming days. Reportedly, this latest feature also shows a pop-up notification related to dangerous roads in order to keep him cautious. Once you have enabled the Nearby Share’s Self Share feature, the file transfer will be accepted from your personal devices, even if the screen is turned off.


With the latest beta version of Waze, users can find red coloured high-risk roads on the map, although in case if users frequently travel from a specific road, the case might differ, suggests a report from The Verge. Meanwhile, Waze, a Google owned app gets a new feature which informs users regarding the dangerous roads based on traffic data.
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Find out how to update Google Play Services. The technology giant had also brought out the Material You-style colour-based themes earlier this week to its Chrome Canary, which is the experimental version of the Google browser. Nearby Sharing will automatically arrive on your Android handset, provided your Google Play Services is updated. Interestingly, users can use the toggle directly in the editor’s overflow menu for print layout, suggested changes, available offline and star in the Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, as per a report. These new M3 toggles get revamped colours, a taller and broader track along with capacity to hold an icon in the switch thumb. The new design looks like a pill, hence the Material 3 (M3) switch is larger than the previous one, reported 9To5Google.
