Nearby Share
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Nearby Share is Google's proximity-based file sharing feature that lets users quickly and wirelessly send files, links, and other content between nearby Android and ChromeOS devices.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nearby Connections API | 1 |
| Nearby Share canonical | 1 |
| Nearby Sharing (service API surface) | 1 |
| Quick Share (Google) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T314900 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nearby Share Context triple: [ChromeOS, hasFeature, Nearby Share]
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A.
Surface Hub
Surface Hub is Microsoft's large interactive whiteboard and collaboration device designed for meetings, presentations, and team productivity in business and educational environments.
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B.
Periscope
Periscope was a live video streaming mobile app that allowed users to broadcast and watch real-time video from around the world.
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C.
TeamViewer
TeamViewer is a German software company best known for its remote access and remote control solutions that allow users to connect to and manage devices over the internet.
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D.
File Explorer
File Explorer is the built-in file management application in Microsoft Windows that lets users browse, organize, and manage files, folders, and drives on their computer.
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E.
BARD Mobile app
The BARD Mobile app is a specialized application that provides accessible audio and braille books and magazines to people who are blind, visually impaired, or print disabled.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nearby Share Target entity description: Nearby Share is Google's proximity-based file sharing feature that lets users quickly and wirelessly send files, links, and other content between nearby Android and ChromeOS devices.
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A.
Surface Hub
Surface Hub is Microsoft's large interactive whiteboard and collaboration device designed for meetings, presentations, and team productivity in business and educational environments.
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B.
Periscope
Periscope was a live video streaming mobile app that allowed users to broadcast and watch real-time video from around the world.
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C.
TeamViewer
TeamViewer is a German software company best known for its remote access and remote control solutions that allow users to connect to and manage devices over the internet.
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D.
File Explorer
File Explorer is the built-in file management application in Microsoft Windows that lets users browse, organize, and manage files, folders, and drives on their computer.
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E.
BARD Mobile app
The BARD Mobile app is a specialized application that provides accessible audio and braille books and magazines to people who are blind, visually impaired, or print disabled.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
file sharing feature
ⓘ
wireless data transfer technology ⓘ |
| brandingChange | renamed to Quick Share on Android in 2024 ⓘ |
| communicationProtocol |
Bluetooth
ⓘ
Bluetooth Low Energy ⓘ
linked to:
Bluetooth
WebRTC ⓘ peer-to-peer Wi‑Fi ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
Android smartphones
ⓘ
Android tablets ⓘ ChromeOS devices ⓘ Chromebooks ⓘ
linked to:
Chromebook
Windows (via Google’s Nearby Share for Windows app) ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| developer | Google ⓘ |
| feature |
Wi‑Fi-only transfers option
ⓘ
automatic protocol selection ⓘ contact-based sharing ⓘ data usage control ⓘ device visibility controls ⓘ end-to-end encrypted transfers (for some modes) ⓘ everyone mode ⓘ hidden mode ⓘ offline transfers ⓘ proximity-based discovery ⓘ self-share between user’s own devices ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Google in 2020 ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Android
ⓘ
ChromeOS ⓘ |
| platform |
desktop
ⓘ
mobile ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Quick Share (Google)
ⓘ
linked to:
Nearby Share
|
| requires |
Bluetooth enabled
ⓘ
Google Play Services (on Android) ⓘ
linked to:
Google Play Services
Wi‑Fi or mobile data (for some transfers) ⓘ location services (for discovery) ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
ability to block unknown senders
ⓘ
phone number-based contact verification ⓘ temporary device visibility ⓘ |
| similarTo |
Apple AirDrop
ⓘ
linked to:
AirDrop
|
| supports |
app sharing
ⓘ
clipboard content sharing ⓘ contact sharing ⓘ file transfer ⓘ link sharing ⓘ photo sharing ⓘ video sharing ⓘ |
| useCase |
sending files from Android to Windows PCs
ⓘ
sharing content between Android and ChromeOS devices ⓘ sharing files between nearby Android devices ⓘ |
| userInterfaceElement |
Quick Settings tile on Android
ⓘ
share sheet entry on Android ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Nearby Share Description of subject: Nearby Share is Google's proximity-based file sharing feature that lets users quickly and wirelessly send files, links, and other content between nearby Android and ChromeOS devices.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nearby Share
linked to: Nearby Share
linked to: Nearby Share