Nearby Sharing
3.9star
863 reviews
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About this app
This app allows you to use the Windows 10 / 11 built in "Nearby Sharing" feature from your Android device.
You can send and receive files, links or plain-text via the native android / windows sharing menu.
If you have questions visit the FAQ
https://nearshare.shortdev.de/docs/FAQ
Community Discord
https://discord.gg/ArFA3Nymr2
This app is open-source and Iām happy about any contributions!
https://github.com/nearby-sharing/android
You can send and receive files, links or plain-text via the native android / windows sharing menu.
If you have questions visit the FAQ
https://nearshare.shortdev.de/docs/FAQ
Community Discord
https://discord.gg/ArFA3Nymr2
This app is open-source and Iām happy about any contributions!
https://github.com/nearby-sharing/android
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Ratings and reviews
4.1
830 reviews
Omar Orabi
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October 18, 2025
it's only detected via Bluetooth not detecting via wireless. it was working great in the past after one of the updates the problem appears I've tried on many PCs with the same issue why?? thank you
2 people found this review helpful
ShortDevelopment
November 9, 2025
Interestingly I seem to had the same issue, just did not have time to look into it earlier.
On my PC some Firewall rules were missing. I fixed it by reseting all firewall rules to default.
You can do that here: windowsdefender://network/
I added this to the docs: https://nearshare.shortdev.de/setup/
Yellow
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January 31, 2023
Flawless. I was looking for an alternative for SendAnywhere, due to the high amount of ads being added to the app. This is amazing, it uses windows's Nearby Sharing functionality and files transfer almost instantly. There are no ads and is much faster than anything I've used. Highly recommend it for those who regularly transfer files to their Windows PC and want a clutter free, easy to use experience. Highly worth it.
59 people found this review helpful
ShortDevelopment
March 7, 2023
I'm glad your happy! š
Rahul Reddy Kundangurthi
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March 27, 2023
It's great and thanks for developing this. Please fix these for a better experience. 1.) Issue with files >90MB transfer in PC stops at 99% because in the phone it's 100% which means the task is complete and the connection gets terminated. Can fix this bug. 2.) Only one file can be selected for each transfer directly through the app. But possible from Gallery. 3.) Please add a receiving feature. Once again thank you very much.
85 people found this review helpful
Whatās new
## š£ Features
* open single received file directly
## š Bugfixes
* overflow of device-name
* check request permission results
https://github.com/nearby-sharing/android/releases/tag/v1.10.1
* open single received file directly
## š Bugfixes
* overflow of device-name
* check request permission results
https://github.com/nearby-sharing/android/releases/tag/v1.10.1
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About the developer
Lukas Joel Kurz
google-play@shortdev.de
Germany
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