The Chinese smartphone brand trio of Vivo, Xiaomi and OPPO (we don’t know why Huawei isn’t included) have banded together to launch what’s called (based on a rough translation) the Cross Platform File Transfer protocol, which will work like Apple’s Airdrop.
According reports, the brands are partnering up to bring a new file sharing system that will allow users of OPPO, Xiaomi and Vivo, to send files in 20MB/s speeds – and you can also send items like images, music, documents and videos.
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Users will send the files via NFC or Bluetooth and will work like Air Drop or even Xiaomi’s ShareMe. It’s definitely a welcome feature here in the country, especially considering the number of people using these three brand of smartphones The beta is expected to arrive by the end of this month.
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If three big names can band together, here’s to hoping that the likes of Huawei, OnePlus and Lenovo can join in to and really give Apple a run for their money.