Behind the transfer
How local file sharing works.
Plain-language explanations of local networks, hotspots, and cloud sharing, with the tradeoffs that matter when moving your files.
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Local file transfer vs cloud sharing
Choose between a nearby device connection and a cloud link by considering where the other person is, when they need the file, and how it will be accessed.
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Wi-Fi Direct, hotspots, and local Wi-Fi explained
Understand the network behind nearby sharing, why a connection can work without internet, and why the phone creating the network is not always the sender.
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