Important points
- Google is rolling out Quick Share updates for Windows devices.
- This update focuses on optimizing app performance on the platform and eliminates several bugs. There are no new features.
- Google is also testing a percentage metric to show transfer progress on mobile. This change has not yet been widely rolled out.
Quick Share, a Samsung and Google integration, is a convenient file sharing app. Available for Android, ChromeOS, and Windows, this app lets you send photos, videos, documents, audio files, and even entire folders over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Direct.
For mobile users, the application is configured to support file sending over mobile data. Meanwhile, Windows users will also receive the update. It’s not as sexy as mobile data support, but it’s necessary for the overall stability of the application.
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As spotted by 9to5Google, this update focuses solely on optimizing the application for Windows devices and ironing out bugs that have plagued the app for years, updating Quick Share on Windows to v1.0.2002.2. I’ll make it. A summary of all changes can be found below.
- Fixed to delete files received from unknown senders with the same payload ID.
- We fixed an issue where the app would crash when filenames contained non-ASCII characters.
- Fixed an issue where files received with non-ASCII characters could not be opened correctly.
- Fixed an issue when reading settings.
- Fixed an issue where preferences could not be saved on certain system configurations.
- after installation[スタート]on the menu[クイック共有]Fixed an issue where shortcut icons were not displayed.
- Fixed an issue where the app would crash when reading input files.
- Fixed an issue where multiple GATT reads occur during discovery.
- Fixed a bug that stopped advertising Wi-Fi LAN.
- We fixed an issue where the app would crash when connecting to Bluetooth.
- Fixed an issue where Wi-Fi hotspot profiles were not being deleted correctly.
- We fixed an issue where Wi-Fi hotspots could not be recovered when the app was closed during a file transfer.
Get ready for improvements to your mobile app UI too.
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This update follows version 1.0.1939.4 and improves app animations, adds cars and foldable devices to the list of device types, and supports credential expiration. Please note that the Microsoft Store’s Quick Share app is Samsung’s version and currently only works on Samsung devices. Integrated versions of Google’s apps for Windows devices are available only from Google’s website.
In other Quick Share-related news, Google appears to be testing UI tweaks that would bring the app on mobile closer to the desktop version. For reference, Windows Quick Share displays the estimated time remaining along with the transfer speed during active transfers. As part of a recent test, mobile users started seeing a percentage-based progress bar, which allows them to more accurately track the progress of their transfers. This change appears to be part of an A/B test and has not yet been widely rolled out.
