Rolling out now, Quick Share on Android now shows a percentage to make it more clear the status of an ongoing file transfer.
Quick Share on Android works much like Appleās widely-used AirDrop feature. Photos, videos, files, and more can be easily and wirelessly shared between Android and iOS devices, as well as to Windows. However, for bigger file transfers, thereās been a UI element lacking.
Since the time when it was still called āNearby Share,ā Googleās sharing option didnāt show the progress of an incoming file transfer very clearly. The sender could easily see the percentage of the transfer thatād been completed, but the recipient only saw a progress ring around the device icon (as pictured above).
Thatās now been updated, as Quick Share for Android has been updated to show a percentage when a file is being transferred. The update has rolled out within the past week or so, and appears to be available widely across both Googleās version of Quick Share, as well as Samsungās version, as the two do have some UI differences throughout. Weāre seeing the update across multiple Pixel devices and a Galaxy S22 Ultra, all on separate Google accounts too. Some noticed the change on some devices in mid-October, but it wasnāt widely available at the time.
You might not even have time to see this percentage when transferring a simple picture or something small in size, like a link, but itās going to more clearly show how much time is left in the transfer for something larger, like a video.
This is obviously a very minor change on Googleās part, but itās a welcome one nonetheless.
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