Google is rolling out the 2 helpful options first introduced at I/O in Could: Name casting and web sharing. They’re the primary wave of the corporate’s new “Cross-device companies” that make it simpler to hop between Android gadgets, 9to5Google reported.
In accordance with Google’s assist web page, Name casting permits you to change video calls “out of your machine to a different machine with the identical Google Account… for instance, a video calling app could allow you to forged your name to a different machine and the app will present a listing of your close by gadgets which you can forged to.” In the mean time, this solely works for Google Meet; to make use of it, you choose the Solid button that appears precisely like the present Solid/Chromecast icon).
Web sharing, in the meantime, permits you to “routinely share hotspot entry with your individual gadgets,” Google wrote. It really works with Chromebooks and Android gadgets signed into your Google Account, supplied you have got Bluetooth and machine location enabled. It does not work with Samsung gadgets, although, so Google suggests utilizing the auto-hotspot function as an alternative.
The brand new function is presently on Android 11+ working Google Play companies model 24.28.34. That is presently in beta, so we should always see a wider rollout quickly.