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Android’s “tap to share” looks a little different to Apple’s.
Last month Android Authority reported Google is developing an NFC-based way to share contact info, files, links, and more, and now it’s got the interface running. Unlike Apple’s NameDrop, users have to hold the two phones above one another, perhaps to account for how varied NFC chip placement can be on Android devices.
1/2While iPhone users hold their phones edge to edge, on Android the phones must overlap. Image: Android Authority
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