Quick Share was born as Samsung’s alternative to Apple’s AirDrop. Using this tool, files can be shared quickly and securely between Samsung Galaxy devices, and over time Google joined forces with Samsung to replace Android Nearby Sharing with Quick Share as the new system for sharing between Android devices.
However, Samsung continues to add exclusive features for Samsung Galaxy devices. Such is the case of the new Private Share feature in Quick Share, which allows you to add more protection to the files you share, and limit what people can do with them after receiving them. Below, we explain how it works and how to use it.
Private sharing allows you to add restrictions to the files you share via Quick Share between Samsung phones and tablets. For example, you can add an expiration date to the file so that the recipient can only view it for a limited time.
Likewise, activating this function also blocks the possibility of taking a screenshot and sharing that file. That is, if we send a photo or video to another person, the recipient will not be able to share it again or even take a screenshot. In addition, files are generally encrypted so that only the recipients can open them.
This feature is now available for Samsung Galaxy smartphone and tablet users. The feature has been added to Quick Share in the background, so you may already be able to start using it on your smartphone.
To send images, videos or files with this level of protection, follow these steps:
- We select the file we are going to share (they can be images or videos from the gallery, or documents from the Samsung My Files app)
- We press the share button and select Quick Share
- On the next screen, press the three-dot button in the upper right corner and then select Activate Private Sharing
- Finally, we can define an expiration by pressing the button that, by default, indicates that the file can only be opened for 2 days.
- And that’s it. The person receiving the file will only have it available for the time we’ve chosen, and they won’t be able to share it with anyone else.
It is necessary to activate this option every time we want to use it, since it will not be activated by default in the Quick Share options menu, since most of the files we send most likely do not need to be encrypted or have this type of protection.
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