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  > create an ad-hoc wireless connection.

Every Android device I've used has had "Send via Bluetooth" functionality built in. Is the WiFi connection just significantly faster or does it provide other additional benefits?

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WiFi is massively faster.

Apple Watches used to update over Bluetooth and it would take hours, literally. And someone discovered a trick to turn off Bluetooth to force it to update over Wi-Fi, and then the download took just minutes.

Significantly faster

You would need to use "Nearby Share" for that. But it's also Standard with Androif

Sure now walk away from the person while the file is transfering... on airdrop it finishes over the internet after you walk out of range :)

Nearby Share can also use the internet to transfer it

most wifi is probably 2 orders of magnitude faster than bluetooth transfer. Syncthing is great if you're looking for multiplatform syncing of files. It takes a little playing around though, the interface is not what I would call beginner friendly, but it's not too bad, and has been very dependable in my experience

For large files, less power will be used for WiFi versus Bluetooth.

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