Google is quietly rolling out a new way to share files with Quick Share. Users can now use QR codes to start a file transfer.

As for Apple, there's AirDrop, but that only works from one Apple device to another.

The company has finally started rolling out the QR-code-based sharing feature to all supported Android devices – both smartphones and tablets. If you are unaware, the feature has already been there in Samsung phones even before Quick Share became the default file-sharing tool for Android.

Google is rolling out a really handy new feature for Android users after announcing it back in December: QR code-based sharing in Quick Share. First announced back in December, this update is set to simplify file sharing across Android devices.

Google is making file sharing simpler on Android with a new QR code feature in Quick Share, available now for users worldwide. Heres how it works.