How To Use Quick Share On A Chromebook (Formerly Nearby Share)

What is nearby share? Your Chromebook uses nearby share to connect and share files with other Android or Chromebook devices to make sharing files much faster and simpler. Your Chromebook does not have nearby share turned on by default, so you will need to

You can share text, images, files or web pages with other Android and Chromebook devices that are nearby. You can also receive and connect to saved Wi-Fi networks sent from Android devices.

Nearby Share was introduced by Google in 2020 to offer a seamless and reliable file-sharing experience for Android users. The feature was renamed to Quick Share in early 2024, aligning with Samsung’s existing file-sharing tool of the same name.

Nearby Share works with Chromebooks, too. We'll show you how to set it up and start sharing. Nearby Share is available on Chromebooks running Chrome OS 89 and newer and on devices running Android 6.0 and higher. You likely have it already on your phon

In this video, Timmy shows you how to use Quick Share (formerly nearby share) on a Chromebook. Quick Share is basically like Airdrop, but for Chromebooks and Android phones.

Nearby Share 是 Android 和 Chrome OS 的一項功能，用戶開啟該功能後，可以通過 藍牙 、 WebRTC 和 Wi-Fi 向附近的用戶設備傳輸數據，並能與周圍用戶快速交換圖片、影片、文本、聯繫人信息、YouTube影片和其他數據。