- Quick Share for Windows no longer requires your Windows PC and Android phone to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network to get decent transfer speeds.
- Instead, your Windows PC just needs to have Wi-Fi turned on, even if it’s not connected to any network.
- Previously, if your Windows PC and Android phone weren’t on the same network, your files would transfer really slowly over Bluetooth.
One of the best tools to transfer files between your Android phone and your Windows PC is Quick Share. It’s easy to set up, easy to use, and transfers files really quickly. However, one major issue with the Quick Share for Windows client is that it transfers files really slowly if your Windows PC isn’t on the same Wi-Fi network as your Android phone. At least, that’s how things used to be, because Google quietly fixed this problem some time back.
When Google launched Quick Share for Windows back in 2023, it stressed that both your Android phone and your Windows PC need to be connected to the same network in order to get the best file transfer speeds. If not, then Quick Share would transfer files over a Bluetooth connection, which is dramatically slower than a Wi-Fi connection. For example, when I tried to transfer a 5.4GB file from my Android phone to my Windows PC over a Bluetooth connection, the transfer rate hovered around 60KB/s, meaning it would take close to a day to complete the transfer.