So, now you’ve established that the two phones are close. What does that get you? Nearby supports two leading apps; one for general connections and another for messaging. Then, developers can create collaborative lists and enable local multiplayer games. Even pair two devices for a multi-screen gaming experience. The messaging App does what you’d expect, allowing instant real-time messaging between two devices. Nearby messaging is not encrypted, don’t use it for sensitive communication.
Making Use Of Nearby
To take Nearby for a spin on your phone. You’ll want to grab a few apps that show off the technology. Here are some of the coolest.
Trello is a project manager to-do tracker organized into boards. You can create a board for anything you want. In the overflow menu is an option to share a board via Nearby. You can scan for other boards shared by Nearby from the main screen in Trello. Pocket Casts is one of the most popular podcast players on the Play Store, and it’s always been fast to adopt new technology. The Explore section of Pocket Casts has a tab for Nearby. It will let you share podcast subscriptions with people around, and they share with you. It’s a terrific way to swap subscriptions with friends using Pocket Casts.
Thought uses the Nearby messaging App to create conversations in your local area. You can create a profile or chat anonymously with anyone else running Thought in your immediate vicinity. Radon is a super-simple sharing app based on Nearby. Find a link you want to share and select Radon from the system sharing menu. The person you’re sharing the link with needs to have Radon running. The app quickly spots the device using Nearby. The link is pushed over, and users are finished. No logins or typing is necessary. And this is only scratching the surface of what’s possible with Nearby. It’s fantastic, but still, there are not enough apps. Developers may pick up the pace and build more proximity-based features with Nearby.
