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Samsung’s becoming a member of the MTA means one other method to share recordsdata between gadgets

Samsung has just joined the Mutual Transfer Alliance (MTA). It was set up by Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo back in 2019 to standardize the transfer of files between devices, including smartphones and computers. This transfer would have worked locally and allows thin to be sent over a 20MB / s WiFi connection.

Samsung has joined the Mutual Transmission Alliance, which means Samsung can transfer data directly between Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, OnePlus, Realme and other Chinese branded phones. This feature hasn’t opened yet, I’m looking forward to it. pic.twitter.com/QbMtDEbisH

– Ice Universe (@UniverseIce) June 17, 2021

Since the alliance was announced (via GSMArena), many other companies have teamed up to standardize wireless transmission technology and support each other’s devices. The list includes OnePlus, Meize, ZTE, Black Shark, HiSense, and Asus. Seeing another big name like Samsung could have a huge positive impact going forward.

Samsung is the largest and most popular smartphone brand in the world. This could have a huge impact on the future of how files are transferred between devices. As pointed out by GSMArena, the company already had its own wireless transmission function called Quick Share, which was launched back in 2020. At that time it replaced Android Beam.

Hopefully this doesn’t mean Quick Share will be replaced or shut down. We don’t have the exact details yet, but we expect the company to offer other alternatives to its current ones to make it easier for people to move content and files between their devices. We also don’t have a schedule of when we should expect MTA support on existing devices, nor do we know which devices it will be available first.

With Quick Share, MTA compatibility, and Google’s own Nearby Share, most users can certainly transfer all files between friends and a variety of different devices. Currently, Near Share is expected to arrive on ChromeOS and Windows 10 devices via the Chrome browser as well.

What do you think of Samsung joining the MTA? Do you think there are already too many file sharing standards out there? Let us know in the comments below!


Roland Udvarlaki

Roland is a technology enthusiast and software engineer based in the UK.

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