Android @lemdro.id boem @lemmy.world 2y ago

Google's interpretation of Apple's AirDrop, Nearby Share, is now officially out of beta for Windows.

blog.google Google's Nearby Share for Windows is now out of beta

It's basically Google's interpretation of Apple's AirDrop. Google's interpretation of Apple's AirDrop, Nearby Share, is now officially out of beta for...

Android @lemdro.id FragmentedChicken @lemdro.id 2y ago

Nearby Share for Windows is now officially available

blog.google /products/android/nearby-share-windows-android/

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www.localsend.org

Same thing, no Google.
- also great, and entirely in web browser so no download needed:
  
  https://www.sharedrop.io/ - also works over the internet! no local network necessary
  
  https://snapdrop.net/
  
  And you can run your own local instance of Snapdrop too! Got it running in Docker on my Synology NAS.
  
  PairDrop is an improved version of SnapDrop that works both locally and over the Internet. I've found it more reliable to set up.
- From reading the app description:
  
  Everything happens locally in the wifi network
  
  Does this mean devices have to be on the same Wi-Fi network for this to work? This looks extremely interesting as someone that runs Linux on my home computer, and the vast majority of my transfers are between devices on my home WiFi network, but I'd just like to know if it works elsewhere.
Thanks for sharing! Just a heads up that we typically ask that the original source be posted (in this case, the release from Google at https://blog.google/products/android/nearby-share-windows-android/). If you don't mind editing the submission, it'd be much appreciated! On Lemmy, we can update both the title and link :).

Edit: this was actually already shared it seems! https://lemdro.id/post/121569
Since the launch of the beta, Google says it saw over 50 million files transferred between PCs and Android devices.

Can someone explain to me why google needs to know when I am sharing a file locally?
- Because Google. I will say tho that at least during a beta it's very normal for the terms and conditions to specify sending info about each transfer and also bugs..
- Analytics of how many times users use certain features is very normal in software development
KDE Connect - available for Linux, Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows

A ported version is available for Mac.

It supports to transfer files, clipboard, able to access/send SMS, use it as remote keyboard/mouse, pass terminal commands from mobile to pc and many more without Google.

The peer devices should be on same Wi-Fi, that's the requirement.
- I don't know what the experience is like for other people but KDE connect sucked to use on windows for me. It was a coin toss whether or not it would detect my devices. Nearby Share has been flawless so far.
Now do mac... ? :(
Is it just on my end or it takes about half a minute for the Windows device to detect the Android device, but not the other way around?
- For me it takes minutes to find each other
  
  Completely unusable

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