{"id":852785,"date":"2026-08-12T17:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/852785\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T17:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T17:00:12","slug":"google-starts-rolling-out-tap-to-share-for-pixel-6-and-newer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/852785\/","title":{"rendered":"Google starts rolling out Tap to Share for Pixel 6 and newer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pixel-11-pro-pixel-11-1.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Tap to Share was announced with the Pixel 11 series, it\u2019s also beginning to roll out for the Pixel 6 and newer today in a redux of Android Beam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From your homescreen, just \u201cbring your compatible Android device and another Android device close together for an instant, two-way exchange\u201d to quickly share contact info.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To send photos, videos, and other media types, first open your phone\u2019s system Share sheet and then tap the devices together. This capability is an extension of Quick Share, and comes as the Pixel 11 moves its NFC antenna to the top of the phone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tap to Share is rolling out starting today for Pixel 6 and newer devices. It\u2019s next coming to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, Fold 8, and Flip 8. Google plans to \u201cexpand to more Android devices by the end of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764168249_77_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764168249_206_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Tap to Share was announced with the Pixel 11 series, it\u2019s also beginning to roll out for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,63,203,105],"class_list":["post-852785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}