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Comment by londons_explore | Hacker News Reader

Didn't Android have this in circa 2013?

2011, actually: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Beam

Bump predated that and was available on both iPhone and Android which is what the OP in this thread was almost certainly referring to since that's the app they named.

And easily one of the most enjoyable computing experiences out there. Very physical. And cooperative multi-player by nature. Many great things here.

I wish Web NFC had a publish mode where we could web hack something like this.

I still wish for this on almost a daily basis. Maybe Android still has it, but no one uses it anymore except me :(

It isn't enabled on android by default anymore.

Which means the "bump to see this video" turns into "hang on, go into settings and hunt for nearby share, probably hidden in the 'Other' menu..."

It seems to be disabled by default in the latest version of Android. A shame, because it had potential.

If Google Nearby Share wasn't so... Googled up, it would be a great replacement. Instead, we get a local sharing mechanism that's connected to your Google account for some god-forsaken reason.

What I really miss is the weird, short period where WiFi Direct file sharing Just Worked between different brands. WiFi Direct still exists on modern Android but there's no cross-device file sharing platform anymore. It was just Bluetooth file transfers but faster, which is all it really needed to be. I'm sure Google Nearby Share works in a similar way except for the weird Google stuff.

Yes, but Apple's version has a fancy swooshing animation

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