The relationship between Windows 11, Microsoft’s latest OS, and Android, continues to grow closer. They are currently joined by Quick Share, which arrived on computers not too long ago, as well as “Mobile Link”, the app that allows all kinds of actions: file sharingmessages, view notifications while you are on the PC or use your mobile as a webcam.
Now this binomial is going to take a step further: as we read in 9to5Google, the most popular operating system for PCs is going to add a Native file sharing option via Nearby ShareYes, you heard right: Nearby Share in Windows 11, here’s how it works.
The solutions we have available for Link our Android mobile to a PC with Windows are nothing like the ones we had in the past. While some of them stand the test of time, the sharing options between devices have improved with Quick Share.
This Google tool is the continuation of the defunct Nearby Share on Androidand it has arrived in the form of an app for Windows computers. It is, so far, the best way to send and receive files. However, Microsoft intends to make it even easier for us.
The specialized media echoes the information from Windows Central, which has found a new feature in the Insider builds (the testing program) of Windows 11. This will require Mobile Link to workso yes, we will need to have it installed and configured with our Android mobile to use the new function.
We recently learned about the new feature that Windows 11 will have in its particular relationship with Android: accessing the internal memory and its files, from the PC
Once they are linked using Microsoft’s solution, the Windows 11 context menu will offer a new native sharing option. By clicking on any file and using the “Share” function, we will see a new category labeled “Nearby Share.” Yes, it seems that the Redmond company has opted for this name, somewhat confusing because Nearby Share on Android is now called Quick Share.
Either way, by using this feature, we will not be dependent on external applications like the aforementioned Google Quick Share: everything will happen from Microsoft Mobile Link, that is, natively for the popular operating system. This addition comes after learning how the application that links both platforms will even be able to manage files from the internal memory of our mobile.
For the moment we will have to continue waiting, because as we have previously mentioned, it is debuting on computers that follow the Insider Program. Once it’s publicly available, we’ll be testing it out soon – it makes sharing files between two devices much easier.
Via | 9to5Google
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