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.

When using Quick Share, users will now see a "Use QR code" option in the sharing menu. Selecting this option will create a QR code that can be scanned by other Android devices. Once scanned, the receiving device is directed to a quickshare.google link, and the transfer starts, as reported by Android Central.

Sending files from one device to another in close proximity is already made incredibly convenient with Quick Share. But by

Like many people who live in a house, mine is filled with far too many storage bins of various shapes and sizes. The all-knowing social media algorithms must have caught wind of this fact because, late last year, my wife and I both started seeing ads for app-based QR code organization kits. I was immediately intrigued.