Samsung's Quick Share For Windows PC vs Nearby Share: Which One Is Faster?

[@Silivan]

I have Galaxy Book 3 paired with S23U and Tab s8+ and have been using both for a while. As soon as Nearby Share came out i got it and it is far far far far more reliable and fast. Quick sharing to a laptop is a hit or miss case. It works better between tab and phone.

[@robinbm553]

much better sound quality, sounds louder and clearer

[@nazmulhuda3262.]

Quickshare must've done better but it's the opposite. I liked the nearby shares features like showing speed and option to choose file within the app. Samsung must work on with their ones as they are the one who first brought it to Samsung Books. Aslo it's them who are know to be more feature and option packed

[@hilmyakatsuki1665]

Or move into a universal sharing solution aka. Nearby share

[@klobber]

Nearby Share is great and very reliable. Quick Share was buggy and would always need relaunching. It is not even close.

[@lollymanna]

Then why is Google removing nearby share and using Quickshare?😅

[@micnubinub]

Good video... Maybe for the future do some videos and photos too, cause some file transfers slow down when you have multiple files

[@salehkelishadi2962]

The comparison of these features was very thorough.

[@YouGotPropofol]

I don’t get it. Can someone explain the difference between: Wi-Fi ONLY and Without Internet Assuming neither is sending the file to a server … so one is using Wi-Fi Direct device to device while the other setting is using local wifi network? If so it’s a misleading term as neither is using “the internet” it’s just a matter of using your router behind you’re firewall to send the file vs direct device to device.

[@卛]

without internet might mean "using hotspot"

[@RagingBad]

​@@卛nope, it means using Bluetooth

[@anuraganasane308]

With internet meaning from the router and without Internet banking WiFi direct. Nearby share requires Bluetooth turned on to get it working, quick share doesn't. I try nearby share by disconnecting from the WiFi because I tried quick share it works all the time even if you don't have router.

[@taylornicty1170]

Samsung please release Samsung Notes on all PC

[@addy7445]

There is a workaround though

[@NanoMine]

Quick share was useful when nearby share didn't exist for windows but now I think samsung should just ditch quick share and let nearby share be the default option to share files.

[@lollymanna]

Google is ditching Neary share for Quickshare 😅

[@mogroot5790]

​@@lollymanna yea, now a new speed test.

[@HDRPC]

Thanks a lot sir.

[@ahmadkhalil4793]

I used to samsung flow, am i need to upgrade

[@dushyantdushyant1879]

I don't know how u are getting so much transfer speed by nearby share, i was trying to send 2gb file and it took more than 25 mins form nearby share and its like this from the start but from quick share it took almost 1.20 mins.

[@MikachuXD]

I honestly prefer Quick Share over Nearby Share just because for me Nearby Share takes 20 seconds to search a device and even when found it doesn't really work that well

[@sandhu_sandhu_sandhu]

When you realize that nearby share and quick share has united and now there is only quick share with faster stable speeds.

[@tallururevanth]

I use Samsung Flow for transferring data between my S23 Ultra and HP Windows desktop PC. It usually takes leass that 1 minute for me to transfer 3 GB file.

[@JustAGuy85]

Now compare with the Phone Link sharing option. They just recently added the ability to do it with Windows 11 from what I saw in my latest Windows update. I get the early updates so not sure if everyone has it, yet. It's pretty fast. I transferred a 650MB movie from my phone to my PC via Wi-Fi direct getting close to 250 Mbit/s. It will show up if you have Phone Link enabled on your Android phone and have it installed on your PC when you go to share a file.

[@SajidhKareem]

For me its too slow. Takes lot of time to transfer even small files. But using windows 10 though.

[@thommyme5891]

Nearby Share is great, I use it everyday. But I can not use it for videos and other big files, because transfer speed is with something about 200kB/s extremly slow. Im using a Pixel 7 Pro and my Honor Magic Book (Ryzen 4800H) with Windows 11. My network speed is normaly fast, but not with Nearby Share. I've tried everything without success.

[@brotaraft]

I once tried disconnecting from the WiFi (but leaving it on) and the transfer is much faster. It works most (but not all) the time. Give it a shot!

[@BlizzardWind99]

well now I think Nearby Share has a higher transfer data now

[@m4ki9h76]

Nearby Share has two modes of transfer - bluetooth only(v4.0+), and WiFi Direct + Bluetooth discovery(v5.0+) NS will choose either depending on capability of both client and server device - Whether WiFi is on/exists or not etc... Quick Share only has one mode of transfer, WiFi Direct + BT(v5.0+). That's why it's so picky about what WLAN module is being used.

[@mogroot5790]

Very nice, my friend.👍👍🥳🥳

[@anonymous76]

I tried both and Nearby Share works perfectly while I can't even use Samsung Quick Share on my laptop. I have Samsung phone and Thinkpad and when I tried to use Quick share it says "update Wifi driver". Quick Share works very well between two Samsung phones but on non Samsung laptop it doesn't work (at least in my case).

[@m4ki9h76]

It depends on what WLAN module you're using. QS takes only Intel WLANs with Bluetooth v5.0 or newer...

[@dillanio9191]

Someone please explain me the options in nearby share: data, 😅Wi-Fi only and without internet

[@Abdullah_Talha]

just as a sidenote, iPhone and macs airdrop speed test alongside these test would've been nice, we could compare airdrop and nearby share

[@zokonjazokonja]

For some reason Quick Share (S24 => Laptop) is working very slow, as I noticed it use Bluetooth for file transfer. Could be a reason that my Laptop is older (6-8 years, not sure) and that some possibilities I'm missing here? Both Laptop and Mobile are on same Wi-Fi but seems that only BT transfer is performed.

[@MrElectrifyer]

The fact that Samsung Quickshare works all locally without any skynet account is a big win for me. Not interested in telling scroogle about every transfer from my phone to Surface Pro. Disabled nearby share on my Note 9...

[@HigherQualityUploads]

Google has the option to not use a Google Account when using Nearby Share (at least in Windows, not sure about Android)

[@MrElectrifyer]

@@HigherQualityUploads I'm not logged into QuickShare on my Surface Pro 7+, yet it works fine, integrated with the WIndows 11 Share Panel and context menus.

[@indianapolisindiana7856]

I can't find either of these apps in the Play store on my Pixel 6 Pro as of May 2024. 😞I have like 70GB of DNG RAW files I need to transfer off, and USB is so slow and keeps timing out after a few minutes. Anybody able to help?

[@MusicUnfiltered-vp8fl]

i am pretty sure quick share is for samsung

[@gkouzakos8353]

I have trouble login in. When I initially click on in then I get the "Connecting to a service" white tab but it never finishes loading. I tried uninstalling it and reseting it and nothing... Please help

[@nsaikamal]

I use samsung flow for sharing files, but for sending very large files, I use a cable😀

[@mogroot5790]

Cable= how fast?

[@nsaikamal]

@@mogroot5790 depends on the type of cable you use (I don't have USB 3 cable, so I don't get very high speed) and the speed supported by the USB ports of the PC and phone.

[@areldcookie5581]

Quick share is very good between phones & and tablets, but sometimes it is not okay with windows

[@MisterWhatWhat]

I have a LG Gram 2023 and Quick Share will not work on my laptop, it states that the BT drivers are out of date but they aren't. Oh well!

[@franciscolodix1214]

If it is not using wifi, what else ? Because as far I know is the fastest wireless connection.

[@petigubi]

I don't think any of the options mean there is no wifi included in the transfer process. "Without internet" probably means there is no server connection, but the wifi connection between the devices is used. But I see your point, it's not totally clear.

[@franciscolodix1214]

@petigubi he did 2 test, first with the option "use only wifi" and the second test was without that option enabled. The second test was 2x faster on the Samsung, so I am confused because there is no other wireless connection faster than WiFi on the phone since he has no 5G enabled. Probably the App is just not well optimised.

[@joel_subash]

But the issue with Nearby share is the speed is depending how fast the router is but quick share is not

[@thisisartman]

Nope. He did a "Without Internet" test. That uses your phone's WiFi hotspot. No router involved.

[@joel_subash]

@@thisisartman no, i tested if even we set without internet file will be sending through Wi-Fi. If we turn off Wi-Fi while starting sending process it will connect wifi automatically. If we forgot wifi the file will be sending through bluetooth 💀

[@thisisartman]

@@joel_subash bro that's not what it means... The WiFi tile is a shortcut to connect to the hotspot of the other phone. When you choose "Without Internet", it uses the WiFi connection of the hotspot. That's why it's faster. If you choose "WiFi only", that means it's using the data of whichever WiFi network you're connected to (Airtel, JioFiber, BSNL, etc.).

[@RagingBad]

​@@thisisartmanit's through Bluetooth brother, not the Hotspot

[@thisisartman]

@@RagingBad nope. Nearby Share uses Bluetooth to initiate the transfer. It wouldn't be as fast as it is if it used Bluetooth.

[@Richard_GIS]

Cool, didn't know that feature

[@Vincent-nx2mc]

Just downloaded both apps to my windows 10 pc. Quickshare says does not work on my 2 year old pc. Nearby share my pc cannot find my mobile(my mobile can find my pc) both still very buggy apps. I'm still using Samsung Flow as this works for me

[@H_seyedi]

I have problem how can I fix error quick share isn't compatible with this computer?

[@aghostbehindyou]

Lol it randomly stopped working for me after I updated the app late August. Hasn't worked since then. It keeps asking for app permissions even though I've enabled them before.

[@ambhaiji]

Is the PC on Ethernet or WiFi?

[@megamastah]

Good question, as both are supported. The Nearby Share app requires bluetooth though, so standard PCs have a problem.

[@Mr.J_Aruba]

Everything looking better and sounding better. "And see you IN THE Next video." You should say IN and THE at the end of the video. Right now u say, " see you THE next video"

[@areldcookie5581]

Samsung need to work more to make it flawless!! They are the one who started it all

[@arvandvarahram]

As Samsung user you just user drag & drop via Multi Control, DeX for Windows, Link to Windows, ... whatever you like. And each single one works flawlessly and seemlessly.

[@techstation365]

I transferred 5GB video file over quick share 4 all mod under 1 min 50 secs. These are both same technologies using wifi direct, no difference.

[@yasirjaved7184]

Can i install quick share on windows desktop

[@nicky_s]

I have different result. Nearby share in my laptop is very slow and it's take 4 mins 30s to transfer a 1.29gb video, while It only took 1min 30 on quick share

[@jonpeach5851]

Do you loose quality when sending a pic through either thanks

[@The_Butcher_of_Blaviken]

No, there's no compression involved.

[@jonpeach5851]

@@The_Butcher_of_Blaviken ahhh wicked allways wondered if it lowered it abit thanks

[@ClaudioEnriqueRossi]

The problem with Nearby Share is that it needs other services to work, such as Bluetooth and GPS positioning. Which seems ridiculous, since it would only be enough to use the same network.

[@YouGotPropofol]

Airdrop also needs Bluetooth. The initial handshake is always via Bluetooth.

[@Ashinle]

GPS was only needed before Android 12 or 13. Now there's a new permission system that doesn't need location on

[@petigubi]

​@@YouGotPropofolI was wondering why... Why can't the phones do it through wifi instead of bt?

[@YouGotPropofol]

@@petigubi A few reasons but mostly because Bluetooth needs proximity and so it’s more secure. Physical presence is a huge factor in authentication.

[@m4ki9h76]

@@petigubi Wi-Fi protocol is very vulnerable to MITM(Man-In-The-Middle) attack, as well as other known attacks. Bluetooth v4.2 and newer versions support MITM mitigated pairing method (the one that shows you 6-digit PIN on each device, or makes you type them in)

[@anshudipkarn]

Please do Airdrop vs Nearby Share

[@jovicasmileski]

Very interesting as I am getting 2.5Mb/s max speed on nearby share on Pixel 7 with offline transfer mode selected. Does anyone know why is that and how can be fixed?

[@vin.k.k]

What's the Wi-Fi speed/ generation of your receiving PC?

[@jovicasmileski]

@@vin.k.k I have 15/15 upload and download, and I have 12th Gen i5 with a 3080 if that's what you're asking.

[@vin.k.k]

@@jovicasmileski I’m assuming your PC is wired. Which version of WiFi? b/g/n/ac ?

[@niveZz-]

sometimes the upload speed is much lower than the download speed

[@vin.k.k]

@@niveZz- download the stable version of the app.

[@nabeelmohammed2957]

How to download nearby share for windows.

[@ComputerTeckMaster16]

Quick Share won't work, I'm getting an error on my PC, it's saying quick share isn't compatible with this computer, my PC is not old?

[@MusicUnfiltered-vp8fl]

it is working just fine in mine brother

[@Ogura_Tech]

Im loving Nearby Share.

[@janeleekeller]

Wow - 2 Post's in a single hour. Why would Samsung offer a "Feature" that Google already included on their Phone ? Would that be an example of Samsung's Bloatware ? Thank you Emad, JaneLee

[@ifrankenstein7455]

Quick share was first before nearbyshare

[@sanskarmohanty9939]

Quick share for windows existed even before nearby share although it was only for samsung laptops

[@AndreaMennillo]

As other people already mentioned, Samsung made it available before Nearby Share. Right now there are a lot of apps like it made by different OEMs, if I remember correctly there is a version made by Xiaomi and another one used by the BBK companies (Realme, OPPO, OnePlus). Android has the amazing thing of being open source, but sometimes they should collaborate to create a software/feature to "rule them all" with a common protocol but maybe just a different UI according each vendor, at least for those things that must be available on every single Android device.

[@janeleekeller]

@@ifrankenstein7455 Thanks, I didn't know that 🙂. JaneLee

[@TheHishoomishoo]

Does this require both devices to be connected to the same network

[@newserious]

no just be close to each other

[@vin.k.k]

Microsoft should bundle Nearby share with Windows

[@petigubi]

I wish Nearby Share was built into Chrome. Image that you didn't have to download an additional app and it could be cross platform as well.

[@vin.k.k]

@@petigubi That too can be another option.

[@ravitejaknts]

@@petigubi Most people will just complain that it is taking even more RAM.

[@petigubi]

@@ravitejaknts yeah, you are right. Maybe a toggle to turn it off/on would solve it though.

[@NLo-6]

Isn't Quick share available only on Samsung laptops ?

[@HigherQualityUploads]

Not anymore

[@salmansaad61]

why no one talk about flow?

[@flurin_music]

Wasn't Quick Share for Windows already available in 2021?

[@IDTR]

For all Windows machines?

[@imredoyyy]

Before it was Galaxy Book exclusive but not anymore

[@AJ-zv7ng]

​@@IDTR Google have to learn something from Huawei harmony os SUPER HUB that's copy paste from device to device App to app drang and drop much moreeee❤❤❤ Hope Google will revam nearby share with such features......

[@arvandvarahram]

​@@IDTRbut it still was there first and not the way you indicated at the beginn of your video and claimed it would be a duplicated app. How can the original one be a duplication? Just say, "yes I didn't know that and said something wrong, and all would be fine."

[@aswinsroy7468]

It takes me around 40 minutes to transfer 5GB file on both

[@sparker931]

Quick share won't work with my lenovo

[@arvandvarahram]

You are completely mixing the time lines. QuickShare for Windows is not a duplicated app. It was there first - long before Nearby Share. The good thing about Samsung is that you don't need to wait for Google to do something first. And for Samsung users it is irrelevant that Nearby Share is available on all Android devices: we are One UI users.Besides that, as a Samsung user, you actually use Samsung's Multi control for fast and reliable file transfer with drag & drop. And there have been ever other drag & drop solutions for Samsung, for instance via DeX for Windows, or Link to Windows, and more. Samsung users are lucky to have so many features for so many years.

[@KingKola_]

Samsung flow is much faster than both. And i don't believe it's exclusive to just samsung phones.

[@Pranbhakshi]

Can't install help plz

[@qbert4325]

I got 100 MB/ps speed in nearby share.

[@Weaselszone]

Odd, I always find Quick Share faster.

[@defnotatroll]

I wish my experience with nearby share was that good. for me it's EXTREMELY slow. can only use it to send light images. for large files i have to use Warpinator

[@thisisartman]

Depends on your device. If you have a slow WiFi router, or an old modem in your smartphone, then you're speeds will definitely be affected.

[@defnotatroll]

@@thisisartman I know my phone is capable of much quicker transfers because I've seen it when using WiFi direct, nearby share isn't well optimized

[@thisisartman]

@@defnotatroll I agree, Nearby Share can be improved upon much more. But you said it was extremely slow, which is not something I've experienced. Also, the NS experience will change from device to device because of the hardware.

[@defnotatroll]

@@thisisartman maybe you're right and my old phone is the problem

[@thisisartman]

@@defnotatroll I'm not saying it is... But it's a possibility... Have a look ... I've experienced this happen with my own old phone... Hence why I'm saying this...

[@ameermohamed3140]

Quick share doesn't support all PC and laptops unfortunately 😢

[@shahbazshahin7783]

you should have added shareit in the comparison as well

[@Georgevideocliper]

Warpinator much better

[@ssidplay]

Nearby Share is powerful 😂

[@omarazmy1715]

هو انا مستغرب بس انا لما سمعت لهجتك الإنجليزي جالي احساس انك مصري صح ولا اي😅

[@ifrankenstein7455]

Both should be brought to Mac and iphone to break the walled garden. Is google in partnership with Microsoft or something that they brought nearbyshare to Windows and not macs and iPhones 🤔😅

[@AndreaMennillo]

I think it's more of an Apple thing. Because if they would bring Nearby Share on Mac laptops, a lot of people would start to benchmark it with AirPlay. Imagine if Google decided to make it available on iPhones too. At the end of the day, Apple isn't using a magical protocol for AirDrop, it's the same tech as Nearby Share and right now a lot of Google apps or features are already available on iOS too, so...

[@ifrankenstein7455]

@@AndreaMennillo I didn't understand your comment. But to clarify I meant so that you could transfer files to other devices regardless of OS that's why they should bring nearbyshare to the mac or iphones. This is especially true if you use an iPhone and a Windows PC or you use an android and a MacBook. Airplay is for casting songs, videos or something to other devices it's not for file transfer

[@AndreaMennillo]

​@@ifrankenstein7455 I meant AirDrop, btw. My point is that it's not Google fault if this software is not available on Mac and iPhone. The only way to break the "walled garden" is to at least make a standard out of this and then let the OEMs use it as they prefer, like they did with the QI wireless charging or Matter protocol for home automation: everyone supports it but with different names and such. Same thing it should be with the "nearby sharing" tech that allows you to share media between phones/tablets/laptops using WiFi direct, Bluetooth or mobile data.

[@ifrankenstein7455]

@@AndreaMennillo the EU has to come in 😅

[@AndreaMennillo]

@@ifrankenstein7455 could be an option, but given the fact that with the USB-C thing Apple is kicking uo a fuss about... Americans sometimes blame the EU saiyng that the istitution is interfering with Apple's right to decide what they want to operate. They don't consider the fact that maybe the EU is doing something for the customers this time...

[@Jigg479]

hmmm lol what took Sammy so long...😆

[@arvandvarahram]

It didn't: it has been there for two years on Samsung Notebooks. It took Google two long to replicate it.

[@Jigg479]

@@arvandvarahram Obviously I’m talking bout on non Samsung laptops.

[@mr.ahmednageb4629]

دا انجليزي مصري انا عافه 😂

[@skullcrusher_1]

Why does Samsung always have to make a duplicate of what Google does??? 😂

[@IDTR]

Yes this annoys me unless they make their own OS

[@thewaliiiii]

But better

[@arvandvarahram]

How is the original a duplication? It has been there since 2 years on Samsung laptops.

[@benliberti]

It's just typical Samsung. Let's just unnecessarily duplicate Google's apps and make them far less feature rich. Oh, and while we're there, let's make the apps non removable. They are so desperate to create their own ecosystem by either piggybacking on other companies software or in the duplication of apps. Like, it was never really Samsung cloud. It was Dropbox with a different name and logo.

[@arvandvarahram]

You are so wrong. As almost always, Samsung pioneered it first, and Google followed. QuickShare for Windows is not a duplicated app. It was there first - long before Nearby Share. The good thing about Samsung is that you don't need to wait for Google to do something first. And for Samsung users it is irrelevant that Nearby Share is available on all Android devices: we are One UI users.Besides that, as a Samsung user, you actually use Samsung's Multi control for fast and reliable file transfer with drag & drop. And there have been ever other drag & drop solutions for Samsung, for instance via DeX for Windows, or Link to Windows, and more. Samsung users are lucky to have so many features for so many years.

[@benliberti]

@@arvandvarahram Thanks for all the info on Samsung. However, I do already know all that as I am a Samsung user myself. You do realise that Samsung is just a tech company and not The Almighty?!

[@arvandvarahram]

@@benliberti If you knew all of that, why did you write intentionally that rant? It does not make sense! I don't work for Samsung, but I correct if I read something being so obviously wrong.

[@benliberti]

@@arvandvarahram I think their hardware is fantastic. I don't for the most part, like their software implementation. That's just my opinion and clearly not yours, which is fine. If you think that Samsung's hardware & software experience is the best there is, then that's fine too.