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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by dotancohen on Sunday January 21, 2024 @11:19AM (#39079823) 

  > create an ad-hoc wireless connection.
Every Android device I've used has had "Send via Bluetooth" functionality built in. Is the WiFi connection just significantly faster or does it provide other additional benefits?
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by Angostura on Sunday January 21, 2024 @11:23AM (#39079852)
Significantly faster
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by chasil on Sunday January 21, 2024 @11:28AM (#39079893)
For large files, less power will be used for WiFi versus Bluetooth.
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by albert180 on Sunday January 21, 2024 @12:52PM (#39080751)
You would need to use "Nearby Share" for that. But it's also Standard with Androif
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by cchance on Sunday January 21, 2024 @08:53PM (#39085153)
Sure now walk away from the person while the file is transfering... on airdrop it finishes over the internet after you walk out of range :)
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by albert180 on Monday January 22, 2024 @04:30AM (#39087799)
Nearby Share can also use the internet to transfer it
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by crazygringo on Sunday January 21, 2024 @01:09PM (#39080931)
WiFi is massively faster.

Apple Watches used to update over Bluetooth and it would take hours, literally. And someone discovered a trick to turn off Bluetooth to force it to update over Wi-Fi, and then the download took just minutes.

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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by EasyMark on Monday January 22, 2024 @09:23AM (#39089805)
most wifi is probably 2 orders of magnitude faster than bluetooth transfer. Syncthing is great if you're looking for multiplatform syncing of files. It takes a little playing around though, the interface is not what I would call beginner friendly, but it's not too bad, and has been very dependable in my experience
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