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Re:OpenDrop: An open Apple AirDrop implementation written in... by supreme_berry on Monday January 03, 2022 @09:12AM (#29780925)
Never heard of such features on Android or Samsung despite my Android friends use them whole life and AirDrop was one of the reasons some of them switched to iPhones. There were some things where you needed to put smartphones back to back and it worked probably in one of 100 times but nothing like AirDrop. That’s why Google failed with wifi direct and other childish approaches.

And iPhones with AirDrop cost like 100 usd for 5s

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Re:OpenDrop: An open Apple AirDrop implementation written in... by perryizgr8 on Monday January 03, 2022 @11:12AM (#29782234)
> Never heard of such features on Android or Samsung

S beam used to exist in Galaxy S4, which launched in 2013. It used NFC and peer to peer wifi to transfer files at high speeds.

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