Apple devices such as the iPhone support the AirDrop transfer function, even if it is based on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Direct, but they cannot transfer files to and from devices of other systems. However, according to Google’s open source project, it is very likely that Android devices will be able to transfer files with Apple system devices through Quick Share in the future.
Formerly known as Nearby Share, Google Quick Share’s peer-to-peer file transfer functionality is developed based on the Nearby Connections API and the source code is published on GitHub Google engineers often introduce new features of service backend in GitHub discussion forum and solve problems through discussion forums.
A problem that needs to be fixed on GitHub is that when Quick Share is used on iOS and macOS, the user’s personalized device name will not be displayed For example, the Apple MacBook product name will be changed after the user his position. A personalization like “Macbook (username)” can appear just like a MacBook on Quick Share.
Although the problem of not fixing the bug is not big and Quick Share can still be used normally, Google engineers emphasized that this problem should be fixed. Although the problem of display names is small, if there are several identical products around, such as iPhone, it will be a problem for users to not know which device to transfer files, which will greatly affect the user experience.
Interestingly, Quick Share does not currently support iOS or macOS It seems that Google is ready to launch Quick Share on iOS and macOS, but it is not yet known in which format Google will support it services, and can also be launched as standalone software on iOS or macOS.
Report sources:Android Authority
