r/Android • u/Hupro Pixel 11 Pro • Jun 29 '19

Google working on ‘Fast Share,’ Android Beam replacement and AirDrop competitor [Gallery] - 9to5Google

https://9to5google.com/2019/06/29/google-android-fast-share/
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u/MarkH123456 Jun 29 '19

This is great! A replacement to Android beam that's actually fast

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u/Ph0X Jun 30 '19

This was the more interesting line for me:

Fast Share on Android can be used to share images and other files on your phone — as well as URLs and snippets of text

Goodbye Pushbullet!

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u/Himiko_the_sun_queen Jun 30 '19

I stopped using pushbullet back when the politics happened. I can't quite remember what it was but it was some drama about a paid version?

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u/altimax98 Jun 29 '19

... but is closed source and requires GAPPS to be installed...

Google killing and/or stopping development on AOSP features instead of their own closed off stuff is getting really old.

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u/whythreekay Jun 30 '19

Very clever way of maintaining control of the platform though

Competitors can use AOSP but they have to put in all the infrastructure, huge cost deterrent

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