Asking for the Wi-Fi password always feels a little awkward, but Google has been working on ways to make the process easier. Android 10 has enabled users to share network details via QR codes, and it now looks like Share Share could further simplify things in an upcoming version of Android – possibly even this year’s Android 12 version.
According to a new commitment submitted by Google engineer Abel Tesfaye to the Android Open Source project, the current Wi-Fi sub-page may add a new button in the future that will allow users to refer to Wi-Fi referrers to exchange via Google’s Share nearby, the Airdrop. -like feature launched in beta last year.
With the current Wi-Fi page on Android 10+, you can share details via QR code.
Although this method of exchanging Wi-Fi login details should still require guests in the immediate vicinity of their hosts, it is not necessary to pull up a physical QR code and do the awkward dance around the one device trying to catch the other. device screen correctly. Small quality of life improvements like these are much appreciated and help to make an operating system feel shiny and thoughtful.
This connection has not been merged yet, so there is not exactly how fast the feature can appear in an Android version. The first developer preview of Android 12 is fast approaching, but I would not be surprised to see that this Wi-Fi upgrade is in the final public release later this year. We know that a nearby share may soon be used for sharing apps, so why not Wi-Fi?
