Samsung Joins The Xiaomi, Oppo, And Vivo Alliance To Create An Android Ecosystem?

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JAKARTA - Two years ago, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo agreed to join the Mutual Transfer Alliance (MTA) agreement. Now, Samsung joined the coalition.

It is known that MTA is a standard way to transfer files between devices such as mobile phones and computers locally over a 20 MB/s wireless connection. After several months of beta testing, the feature rolled out.

Cited from GSM Arena, Monday, June 21, in addition to the three companies and Samsung, other companies also joined the alliance such as OnePlus, Meizu, ZTE, Black Shark, and HiSense are also included, as well as Asus and the game Republic of Gamers (ROG).

Of course, the presence of Samsung is a big win for the alliance. How so? First, they are one of the largest smartphone makers in the world. Second, Samsung already has their own wireless transfer feature, Quick Share, which was launched in 2020 as a replacement for the deprecated Android Beam.

The feature is also claimed to be an alternative to Google's new Nearby Share. In fact, the South Korean giant will release its Quick Share app for Windows 10 earlier this year.

However, the joining of Samsung does not mean Quick Share will disappear. Most likely, the Galaxy devices and Windows applications will be updated to support the MTA system.

Unfortunately, until now the company has not announced when it will roll out such an update. But Samsung's move is a blow to Google, which recently announced plans to add Nearby Share to ChromeOS and may arrive on Windows 10 devices via the Chrome browser.