Cloudless File Sharing via Files Go

Apple has Airdrop.  Android has… ?  Exactly.  While there are 3rd party apps that let you move files around, most rely on the cloud.  Google just released a beta version of Files Go in the Play Store that is supposed to offer an Air Drop like feature, among other things.  It’s interesting that while Android has always let you see your files on your phone/tablet just like a regular computer, we haven’t had a native, intuitive way to just simply moves files around.  I was really hoping the NFC revolution would have taken over so we could seamlessly transfer with a gentle tap of our phones to initiate the connection (cause you know, glass on backs of phones are smart), then use BT or WiFi direct to transfer.

Personally, I use a combination of Pushbullet and Dropbox, but it doesn’t make sense to send a file out to the internet when your devices are right next to each other.  Heck, I still transfer my Sony Mirrorless camera’s raw images and videos from an SD card to my PC still.  Thankfully that isn’t cloud dependent as that would take much much longer (those 4k files get huge!).

In its current iteration, the Files Go app is primarily focused on freeing up space on your phone - and gives you a nice overview of where large chunks of data are, and what you can likely remove…such as App cache.  But it also lets your move files seamlessly to nearby Android devices via Bluetooth.  Neat.  Now they just need to add this feature to my PC.

Check it out for yourself:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.nbu.files&utm_campaign=beta-release&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&rdid=com.google.android.apps.nbu.files

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