Hot topics

Android Beam is dead! Will be mourned by absolutely nobody

AndroidPIT best ways to use nfc 3
© nextpit

Read in other languages:

Google announced many interesting new features of Android Q on Google IO 2019, but there was also one that didn't tell us: a replacement for Android Beam.

Android Beam, the feature that allows you to natively share files and images via NFC technology, is no longer part of Google's operating system. Digging through the various menus of Android Q, in fact, there is no trace of the function. Google then confirmed: Android Beam is dead.

Among the many new features of this year's Google I/O we learned with little regret that Google has decided to permanently delete Android Beam since the last beta of Android Q. The functionality for data exchange via the NFC module will not return even in the final version, according to what Google reported itself.

AndroidPIT best ways to use nfc 2
With Android Beam, it was enough for two smartphones to "touch" each other to transfer files between them. / © NextPit

Surely, no one will miss Android Beam, since 90% of users did not even know of its existence. Third-party sharing apps have found more space in smartphones, as well as offering more possibilities. Since its first appearance in Android Ice Cream Sandwich, Google seems to have completely abandoned the project rather than enhance it and create something like Apple's AirDrop.

On the other hand, there is the possibility that this elimination could make way for a possible successor that will take off right in the final version of Android Q (whatever its real name will be) and that maybe will be announced during the presentation of the new Google Pixel in October.

Have you ever used Android Beam? Did you know this function existed?

Source: Android Police

  Editor's choice Best smart home control center Best price-performance ratio Best sound Best sound supplement Best display
Product
Product image Amazon Echo Dot (5. Gen) 2022 Product Image Amazon Echo Hub Product Image Amazon Echo (4.Gen) Product Image Amazon Echo Studio Product Image Amazon Echo Sub Product Image Amazon Echo Show 10 (3rd. Gen) Product Image
Review
Review: Amazon Echo Dot (5. Gen) 2022
Review: Amazon Echo Hub
Not yet tested
Review: Amazon Echo Studio
Not yet tested
Not yet tested
Price Compariosn
Go to comment (2)
Liked this article? Share now!
Recommended articles
Latest articles
Push notification Next article
2 comments
Write new comment:
All changes will be saved. No drafts are saved when editing
Write new comment:
All changes will be saved. No drafts are saved when editing

  • 25
    Deactivated Account May 11, 2019 Link to comment

    I myself didn't know what it was. NFC is generally not used in Asian countries for payments. Definitely not for file sharing.


  • 49
    storm May 10, 2019 Link to comment

    i like the idea of tap to share but admit i never did it, not even in my Palm days. I think NFC has never really caught on. i have a number of nfc tags I use to trigger things.