• @a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world
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    277 months ago

    Great, now partner with Microsoft and merge it with Windows so the majority of Android users might finally stop emailing themselves, or sending files through their messaging app of choice

      • falkerie71
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        97 months ago

        Google has a Nearby Share beta for Windows. W If that’s not your cup of tea, Pairdrop works okay too.

      • Ace! _SL/S
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        37 months ago

        Good choice, although I prefer rsync for wireless and adb for wired transfers

      • @a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world
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        16 months ago

        In the end, it’s all kind of the same thing. You are uploading a file from device A to someone else’s computer and then downloading to device B instead of directly sending files between devices A and B.

  • @TheMadnessKing@lemdro.id
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    57 months ago

    IMO if they could make the options more easily understood or let users select the way the files needs to be shared.

    I have often found that Nearby would be using F* Bluetooth to send files.

    • mayooooo
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      16 months ago

      Local send is better than everything else, including nearby share (both the windows version and the android one). And it’s fastest by far.

        • mayooooo
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          16 months ago

          Thanks for the links, I have to check this out

        • rhythmisaprancer
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          16 months ago

          My main use case is with folks who have Apple phones. LocalSend has interoperability there. I cannot speak to Android-Android transfers with it, but have used the nearby share in the past.

          • mayooooo
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            16 months ago

            I’m not sure, I can’t use samsung things, but localsend maxes out my wifi, so… maybe it would be slower compared to the samsung thing if I had better wifi?

    • @Reddy@lemmy.world
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      16 months ago

      I use it and like it. The only time I had trouble was as a moved very big archives from one pc to a laptop it didn’t work.