We all know it’s a pain in the neck when it comes to sharing files between Android and iOS devices or vice versa. These transfers could be accomplished either through third-party apps or email but that might soon be over.
A new leak suggests that Google is working really hard on a service codenamed “Copresence”, which is aimed at allowing Apple and Android devices communicate with one another in a variety of ways, like exchanging photos, files, messages and other content, basically making Copresence a cross-platform version of Apple’s Air-Drop service and it’s said to use Wi-Fi to facilitate the transfers. . Android Police, Techaeris and GigaOM all have evidence of Copresence.
To authenticate with one another, the two devices would apparently be able to use location information or Bluetooth. Actual information would be transferred using Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi direct. Besides basic information exchanges, it’s unclear what other functionality may be coming in the future.
The feature is most likely to be limited to Google apps at first, and there’s a probability it’s not going to be a system-wide feature on iOS but still, that’s way better than what we have today.
Services like Apple’s AirDrop and Android Beam are quite handy but both services are platform-exclusive and that really irks a lot of smartphone users out there. At least we know something is coming our way soon and it seems Google’s ambitions are high and if the details are accurate, Copresence should be available within a matter of weeks, though we don’t know the exact time frame but we’ll all have to wait on an official announcement from Google to actually confirm if these rumours are true
