Google working on its own Android AirDrop: reports – CNET Spanish

The project would bring the key Copresence name and allow sharing of files and messages between devices, even if they are on different platforms.

The images allow sense that the tool will allow Android and iOS devices to exchange information. Android Police

Google is working on a new feature for Android devices would enable a new way to share files, messages, addresses, and music. The project, reports Android Police, carries the codename Copresence.

According to the same report, Copresence would be kind of AirDrop, a functionality that allows you to send files between Apple devices, but also include NFC and would not necessarily be done through the connection to the same Wi-Fi network.

According to the source, most important for two devices to share information is the location, and two cell or nearby tablets can exchange photos, maps and information simple manner with an authentication method that is still unknown.

According reveal images that have accessed Android Police, the tool does not only work between Android devices, but also include communication with devices like the iPhone and iPad.

Google has not commented on the matter.

In the latest update of Apple’s operating system for computers, OS X Yosemite, the company enabled the ability to send files between computers that integrate and devices Brand – iPhone and iPad – AirDrop compatible with the technology. If true the report about Copresence, Google aims to do something similar, opening the window for two cell phones or tablets with different software to understand each other.

Currently, mobile devices with Android NFC each file can be transferred via Android Beam, which works with just touching them.