Android's Nearby Share feature was added by Google last year, allowing users to quickly send photos and more to other phones and tablets that are close to one another. This saves the hassle of uploading to the internet just to download to the other device or hooking up a cable to share them with a file transfer.
Android used NFC and Bluetooth for file transfer in the past and while it was easy and quick for small files, Bluetooth is not the preferred method to send large files. This led to a
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