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Google's interpretation of Apple's AirDrop, Nearby Share, is now officially out of beta for Windows. (www.gsmarena.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Nearby Share is a very apt name - it basically describes exactly what the entire point of it is. You can use it to quickly (and easily) share stuff between Android phones, regardless of maker. And starting today, you can use it to share files between Windows PCs and Android devices.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is honestly such a boring name. Google is so terrible at naming things.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's boring, but like someone else mentioned it tells you exactly what it does. So, I don't really see a problem with it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

For me, it’s just another sign of how uncreative Google can be. They couldn’t even think of an original name for their folding phone, just copied Samsung’s naming. To me, it’s a little thing that actually indicative of a deeper problem.