Rolling out now, Fast Share on Android now reveals a share to make it extra clear the standing of an ongoing file switch.

Fast Share on Android works very similar to Apple’s widely-used AirDrop function. Photographs, movies, information, and extra might be simply and wirelessly shared between Android and iOS gadgets, in addition to to Home windows. Nevertheless, for greater file transfers, there’s been a UI factor missing.

Because the time when it was nonetheless referred to as “Close by Share,” Google’s sharing choice didn’t present the progress of an incoming file switch very clearly. The sender might simply see the share of the switch that’d been accomplished, however the recipient solely noticed a progress ring across the system icon (as pictured above).

That’s now been up to date, as Fast Share for Android has been up to date to point out a share when a file is being transferred. The replace has rolled out throughout the previous week or so, and seems to be obtainable broadly throughout each Google’s model of Fast Share, in addition to Samsung’s model, as the 2 do have some UI variations all through. We’re seeing the replace throughout a number of Pixel gadgets and a Galaxy S22 Extremely, all on separate Google accounts too. Some seen the change on some gadgets in mid-October, nevertheless it wasn’t broadly obtainable on the time.

You won’t even have time to see this share when transferring a easy image or one thing small in dimension, like a hyperlink, nevertheless it’s going to extra clearly present how a lot time is left within the switch for one thing bigger, like a video.

That is clearly a really minor change on Google’s half, nevertheless it’s a welcome one nonetheless.

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