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WhatsApp could offer yet another way to share files with people nearby.
iOS has AirDrop, Android has Nearby/Quick Share, and soon it looks like WhatsApp might offer an alternative. Its unreleased file-sharing feature was spotted by WABetaInfo in a beta release of WhatsApp’s Android app, and says file transfers are end-to-end encrypted. There’s no word on when it’ll release, but as readers have pointed out it has the potential to bring cross platform sharing to about 2 billion WhatsApp users worldwide.
Update January 22nd, 7:55AM ET: Updated to mention obvious advantage pointed out by commenters which my 8AM brain completely missed.
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