Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Quick Share on Android now shows a handy percentage for transfer progress

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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 Appleā€™s 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, thereā€™s been a UI element lacking.

Since the time when it was still called ā€œNearby Share,ā€ Googleā€™s sharing option didnā€™t show the progress of an incoming file transfer very clearly. The sender could easily see the percentage of the transfer thatā€™d been completed, but the recipient only saw a progress ring around the device icon (as pictured above).

Thatā€™s 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 Googleā€™s version of Quick Share, as well as Samsungā€™s version, as the two do have some UI differences throughout. Weā€™re 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 wasnā€™t 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 itā€™s 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 Googleā€™s part, but itā€™s a welcome one nonetheless.

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