You can use Quick Share to send and receive files from devices close to your location.
What you need
- Some of the steps work only on versions Android 13 and up. Learn how to check your Android version.
- If you find “Nearby Share” on your device, you can still use “Quick Share,” which was previously called “Nearby Share.”
- Quick Share is available on Android 6+ devices, Chromebooks, and on selected Windows devices through an App.
- For a Galaxy device with Android 10 and One UI 2.1 or later, the settings and features can be different. Learn about Quick Share feature on Galaxy devices.
Receive files from nearby devices
Important:
- If you share files between your own devices with the same Google Account, the device that receives it automatically accepts the transfer.
- If you share files from the clipboard of your own device, the files are automatically copied when someone receives it.
- On your Android device, open Files by Google
.
- At the bottom right of the screen, tap Quick Share
button.
- Your device is visible to other devices and ready to receive files.
- Wait for a pop up notification that tells you who tries to share and what content they want to share with you.
- Select Accept or Decline.
Share files with nearby devices
- On your Android device, open Files by Google
- At the bottom right of the screen, tap Quick Share
- Tap Select files to send.
- Select the file you want to share.
- To select multiple files, touch and hold them.
- Make sure the device you want to share with is nearby so your device can search for it.
- Tap the device you want to share with.
- If you can’t find the device, make sure it has set up “Who can share with you” and its screen is unlocked.
- If the device you want to share with isn’t listed, you can also share your file with a QR code. Learn how to use QR code with Quick Share.
- To accept your sharing request, wait for the other device.
- To cancel an in-progress transfer, tap the same device again.
Tips:
- While the transfer is in progress:
- You can leave the screen, and the transfer continues.
- A notification shows in your notification tray when you exit the sending screen. From that notification, you can check the status, cancel, or go back to the transfer screen.
- To select multiple receivers, tap more than one device.
- Due to technical constraints, only certain device models support simultaneous sharing.
- In other cases, the transfer queues and receivers you select later can get the transfer request when previous transfers are completed.