Google Nearby Share arrives on Pixel, Samsung Galaxy smartphones: Know more

Google has launched Nearby Share, an Apple AirDrop alternative for Android smartphones, which lets users send pictures, files, links, and more to other nearby Android smartphones.

Nearby Share works very much like Apple’s AirDrop feature for the iPhone.

“To use it, simply select the content that a user wants to share, drag up from the bottom of the screen and tap Nearby Share,” Google said in a statement on Wednesday.

Then, one can select to share those files with anyone with an Android device who is standing near.

Google said that Android users can send and receive files anonymously, or make themselves invisible if they don’t want to receive files.