How to use the Samsung Galaxy S20 Quick Share fast file transfer speeds
How to send large files, pictures and video with Quick Share on the Samsung Galaxy S20
Samsung Direct Share (S10) and Quick Share (S20) fast file transfer menu
- The Quick Share option is on by default, but if not, activate it on the second page of the quick switch panel from the pull-down status bar.
- Choose a file (video, pictures, documents) and tap its share icon on the S20 or Z Flip.
- At the top bar of the share menu are listed the phones you can instantly share with, tap on the one you want.
- Press Accept when prompted on the other phone or tablet, and start the file transfer (Quick/Direct Share has to be on).
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra Quick Share file transfer speeds
That’s it, you can now send large files in a jiffy on Galaxies young and old. Since both the Quick and Direct share features of Samsung use Wi-fi Direct as transfer technology, we clocked the same transfer speeds.
- 28 seconds to send from the Galaxy S20 Ultra to the Galaxy Z Flip with Quick Share
- 26 seconds to send from Galaxy Note 10+ to Galaxy S10+ with Direct Share
- 41 seconds to send from the Galaxy Z Flip with Quick Share to the Galaxy S10+ with Direct Share
- 26 seconds to send from the Galaxy S20 Ultra with Quick Share to the Galaxy S10+ with Direct Share
The ball is clearly in the Galaxy Z Flip’s court as it took longer to transfer or receive the same file on both occasions, compared to the other phones, for one reason or another. When the other Galaxies were involved regardless of whether we sent the file via Quick or Direct share, the Wi-Fi Direct tech took the same 26 seconds to get a 1.1GB 8K video from one phone to the other.
Regardless of the Z Flip outlier when it comes to speed, sending large files from one Galaxy to another is much more usable with the new Quick Share option that is available with One UI 2.1 on the Galaxy S20 series, and we hope it will trickle down to the unwashed S10, Note 10, and below masses, too.