Google wants to make it easier for developers to add Nearby Share to their apps. With this feature, third-party Android developers can ensure that you can share things from their app between, for example, an Android device and a Chromebook.
Nearby Share
Nearby Share is a feature intended to make it easier to share information from apps between multiple devices. It is currently already possible with this function to exchange text, files and other information between Android devices and Chromebooks, but that applies especially to Google apps. Good that Google is now opening this up to other developers as well, because it improves the overall Android experience.
At Google I/O showed google that you can use this option, for example, to copy text on your Chromebook, which can then be ‘pasted’ onto a tablet. A system that people who use Apple products are probably familiar with. It’s certainly not original from Google, but it’s a great way to give people a smooth user experience within an ecosystem.
Android ecosystem
Google says (via 9to5Google): “We are working hard to provide a software capability that delivers both platform-driven and developer-driven experiences across multiple devices over broadband, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. We are going to build a core framework where devices within the Android ecosystem can complement each other’s value. The API (the tech that developers use to put in their app, ed.) is backwards compatible, which means that developers can already apply it.”
However, Google wants to take it one step further. It would like to think beyond Android and enable cross-platform with iOS, Windows and other devices as well. That would be great, because it would allow you to stream a movie from your tablet to your Windows computer, or read a long article on your Android phone and then continue reading it on an iPad. But it’s also about other devices that aren’t necessarily yours, like being able to share a walking tour with the people walking with you.
preview
Google indicates that it has provided Nearby Share with the ability to authorize devices, with the aim of ensuring that an app can be used with a device while still protecting the user’s privacy. It’s still a demo at the moment, but a preview is expected later this quarter.
Do you think it’s a good sign that Google wants more synchronization between devices? Leave it in the comments below this article.
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