Who needs Android Beam? Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo join forces for file-sharing

mood · Aug 20, 2019

Who needs Android Beam? Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo join forces for file-sharing
August 19, 2019
https://www.androidauthority.com/xiaomi-oppo-vivo-file-sharing-1020098/

Google is working on a Fast Share local file-sharing feature for Android Q, meant to replace its Android Beam functionality. But Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo have plans of their own, jointly announcing a local file-sharing standard that will be featured on all their phones.

The news, spotted by The Verge, was announced on the MIUI Weibo account — so what should you expect then? The feature uses Bluetooth and is capable of transfer speeds of up to 20MBs per second. Presumably it’s using Wi-Fi after initial pairing via Bluetooth, much like the Files by Google local sharing feature.

The feature is especially noteworthy for the Chinese market, where Google services and features are often stripped out of Android. So an integrated, cross-device file-sharing standard is arguably more important in this market.
The trio says that the feature will be available at the end of the month.
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