I grew up in a time when Bluetooth was all you needed to share files with friends and family. Sure, it certainly wasn’t the fastest thing in the world, even when sending a 4 MB .mp3 file (and it still isn’t), but it was the only choice and it got the job done.
These days, the files that we want to share with friends are much larger than they’ve ever been, whether it is a single large image file or a 4K video you took on your phone. Bluetooth would take you painfully long, and that’s why options like Quick Share are great. The best part is that with an increased file limit, Quick Share is about to get better.
Sharing A Quick Rundown On Samsung’s Quick Share
I used to live a sad life where I was the only person in my close circle who used a Samsung Galaxy device. Oh, the horror, right? Because of that, I never really had an excuse to explore what the South Korean manufacturer’s Quick Share feature could do, and I’d opt for any of the classic send-to-computer-then-send-to-other-phone, third-party apps like Xender, or Google Drive options; whichever was the most convenient.
The thing is, those options were all relatively clunky. The moment I got a close friend with a Samsung Galaxy phone, I got to test out Quick Share for the first time, and I was left astounded by how well it works. Google’s Quick Share (previously renamed Nearby Share) also works beautifully with it when sending files to my Windows computer or vice versa.
Using Quick Share, a Samsung Galaxy phone can send files to nearby Android devices and Windows systems very seamlessly and there’s no limit at all on the number or sizes of the files you can send.
Samsung Has Doubled The Daily Transfer Limit And File Limit For Quick Share To Non-Galaxy Devices
But what if you want to send a file to an Android or Windows device that’s not nearby, an Apple device, or any of your contacts? That’s when things work a bit differently. You’ll get the option of a web link or a QR code to share the file via, similar to hosting it on Google Drive or something. In these cases though, there is a limit to how much you can send.
Previously, you would only be able to send 5GB every day, and the maximum size of an individual file was also 5GB. However, thanks to a catch from @theonecid on X, we now know that’s about to be increased to a per day and per file limit of 10GB, which is awesome and should certainly make Quick Share a lot more versatile.
Personally, I’ve never needed to use the QR code or URL option to share files, but for those who use it quite often, I’m sure they’ll be glad to hear about this update. You’ll be able to update Quick Share from the Galaxy Store on your Samsung device.
