2024-01-23 19:08:56
You’ll soon be able to share files with people around you via WhatsApp.
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WhatsApp might soon be used to easily share data between iPhones and Android smartphones.
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- WhatsApp is soon rolling out a new method for easily transferring data between devices.
- This allows users to exchange files in physical proximity to one another.
- This would be an easy way to transfer data between iPhones and Android devices.
WhatsApp is working on a method that will allow users to easily share files with each other when they are in physical proximity to one another. An existing contact between the two parties is not necessary, and the telephone number is not transferred with the transfer.
The feature is reminiscent of AirDrop on iPhones and Nearby Share or Quick Share on Android devices, which were also created for quick and easy data transfer. WhatsApp might then, as it does now with sending messages, become the cross-platform option for data transfers between Apple and Android devices.
Technical details still unclear
The feature has already appeared in preliminary versions of WhatsApp on Android, such as “WABetaInfo”. reported. To use it, a corresponding tab must be opened in the app on both devices. However, it is still unclear how the file transfer will work in practice.
The data might be sent directly between the two devices, for example via Bluetooth or via the Internet. In any case, they are encrypted end-to-end, so that even WhatsApp operator Meta does not know what kind of data is being transferred.
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