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Admittedly, Google’s Nearby Share and Samsung’s Quick Share are equally beneficial.

But like how AirDrop is limited to iPhone users, so is Quick Share to Samsung Galaxy owners.

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Luckily, this is about to change.

This also applies to compatible PCs like Chromebooks and Android phones.

Google may have started rolling out Quick Share to some Android users.

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Once this change rolls out to everyone, Google is set to disable Nearby Share on Samsung devices.

This is because Samsung’s Quick Share is now interoperable with it.

Previously, you could only use the app to share files with other Samsung laptops.

Quick Share App | See at Microsoft Store

Quick Share App |See at Microsoft Store

Samsung recently updated the utility.

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