How to use the Quick Share function of Samsung Galaxy phones

Mobile devices have different functions that make them increasingly essential objects in our daily use, from watching videos to being able to share content from our smartphone. For example, following this last function, we find one of those tools that Android phones have, and especially Samsung terminals that helps us share content how and when we want.

And it is that we will not only have the known functionality of Direct Share, but, in some cases, we will be able to enjoy Quick Share . Basically, we are facing a functionality that, surely, more than one uses several times a day to be able to send all kinds of multimedia files that you want to any contact in your phone book, or even strangers. In addition, thanks to this function of the Korean firm’s mobiles, content can be transmitted quickly and directly just by accepting a simple notification.

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What is Quick Share

This feature that comes in Samsung phones is the South Korean brand’s alternative to Apple‘s fast file delivery system, the well-known AirDrop. What does it mean? Basically, and in a few words, this is a function with which we can quickly share any photo, video, song or link between two Samsung devices. Of course, as long as they are close to each other.

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Therefore, the operation of Quick Share is very similar to that of the aforementioned AirDrop . Therefore, both devices will use Bluetooth to be able to create a network between them, to which they will quickly connect. And how can it be otherwise, this network will have a firewall, so an extra security will also be added. And not only this, but the files will be sent encrypted. So that nobody will be able to intercept our information halfway.

In order to send or receive files, both the user who wants to transmit said content and the user who wants to receive them will need to have Quick Share activated . In addition, this functionality began with the arrival of the Samsung Galaxy S20, although it is already available for the previous Galaxy series once we have it updated to Android 10 at least.

Therefore, from the options menu, in addition to choosing that any user can send us things, we will also ensure that only our contacts can send us things. Although another really interesting option will be that we can send videos and images to other Samsung devices, such as televisions. And it is that, for this very reason, it has become a very useful tool for users of Samsung devices, since thanks to it we will be able to share especially video and images in a matter of seconds with friends and acquaintances.

How to activate Quick Share on your Samsung mobile

The truth is that the smartphones of the Asian firm have many functionalities to be able to send content, although this is one of those really interesting options that will give us the possibility of sharing very heavy content to almost anyone. And it is that we will not always be able to use this feature. More than anything, because it is limited to those Samsung users who have this functionality on their smartphone.

Therefore, if you do not have this feature, do not worry, because the Samsung Galaxy have different options to send content. However, by using this function we can send multimedia files almost immediately to anyone who has a Korean brand device.

In this way, if you want to start enjoying this technology on your South Korean brand mobile device, you will have to follow the following steps:

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  1. Access the quick settings panel of your smartphone by sliding your finger from the top across the screen.
  2. Find the Quick Share function and click on it.

This would be the fastest way. Although, we will also have the option to enter the Settings app of our smartphone and make use of the quick configuration search engine. Once there, we will have to write the Quick Share function and go on to enable it on our mobile device.

When we have it enabled, to make use of this feature we will have to follow the following steps:

  1. Launch the Gallery app and select an image or video that you want to send to someone else.
  2. Tap on Quick Share and select a specific mobile device to transfer the image. If the device to which we want to send the file in question is not on the list, you will have to check that the Quick Share function of the device to which you want to send the content is enabled by opening the quick settings panel.
  3. Finally, we will only have to accept the file transfer request on the other mobile device.

What settings does this sharing feature have?

Within this functionality that we find in the smartphones of the Korean company we will also have different settings that will help us configure it more to our needs. In the first place, we will have the option to establish who can find our mobile device through this functionality each time we have it activated.

And, secondly, we can set who we want to appear every time we want to share multimedia files through this feature of the Samsung Galaxy. That is, if we want them to be all kinds of people who have a mobile from the Korean firm or, on the contrary, we only want those people that we have saved among our contacts to appear.

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To do this, we will have to open the quick settings panel and hold down the Quick Share function to access this functionality. Afterwards, it will send us directly to your configuration. Among them, we will have the possibility to choose “Who can share with you?”:

  • Contacts only : allows only your contacts to share any type of multimedia file with you.
  • Everyone : Allow any Samsung mobile device near you to share content with you.

In addition, we will not only have this small choice when it comes to who can share content with us through this function. More than anything, because within its configuration menu we can change the name of our Samsung mobile device , that is, the name that will appear every time someone searches for our smartphone to send multimedia files. This same name will be the one that your smartphone uses when using Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Direct, and other methods to share files.