Transfer files between your computers, smartphones and tablets as quickly and easily as with AirDrop on Macs and iPhones.
Quickly exchange any file between your computer, smartphone and tablet as easily as with Apple’s AirDrop system? It is quite possible, and that whatever the device or the operating system used.
Using a simple web browser, and provided that all your devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network, you will be able to exchange files from one device to another very easily. Here’s how.
1. Go to Snapdrop
To exchange files between all your devices, open your web browser on each of them and go to Snapdrop. Once this website is loaded in your web browser, landline or mobile, you will be able to use your local network to transfer your files in a few seconds.
When you arrive on the Snapdrop page, the platform automatically gives a name to your machine to identify it more easily and displays all the other devices detected on the network.
Exchanging files with Snapdrop (Free)
2. Upload a file
To start the transfer of a file, click on the name of the recipient and select the item to send from the file explorer that opens.
The file transfer then starts immediately and displays, as with AirDrop on iOS and macOS, a circular transfer gauge on the icon of the recipient device.
When the file is transferred, a pop-up is displayed on the machine receiving the file. You can then choose to save the file to the device by clicking on Save.
Be careful though: if the service works perfectly on Windows and Android, it seems a little more capricious on iOS and macOS where we had some failures.