Apple Announces New 'NameDrop' Feature for Sharing Between iPhones

[MacRumors]

As part of iOS 17, Apple at WWDC 2023 announced a new AirDrop-related feature called NameDrop, a potentially more convenient way of sharing things with another iPhone owner that's in the same physical location as you.

With NameDrop, two people only need to bring each of their iPhones close together, and one can share a file or photos with the other person automatically. NameDrop supports the sharing of contact information (users can select which numbers and email addresses to share), and the feature also works between an iPhone and an Apple Watch as long as they are running up-to-date software.

With the same close-contact phone gesture, you can also share content or start SharePlay to listen to music, watch a movie, or play a game while in close proximity between iPhone devices, according to Apple.

NameDrop is compatible with iPhones running iOS 17 and will be supported on Apple Watch models running an update that Apple says will be available "later this year."

Article Link: Apple Announces New 'NameDrop' Feature for Sharing Between iPhones

 

[DMG35]

I really likes all of these new features.

 

[chumpy34]

Dang, Craig is fast! 😝

 

[SDJim]

Pepperidge Farms remembers...

Bump (application) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[buck1127]

No CarPlay updates

 

[_Spinn_]

This will be very convenient!

 

[Born Again]

Best news thus far!!!!

 

[macguru212]

thank god, widgets on iPad lockscreen. Took long enough.

 

[blazerunner]

I feel like this has been available on android for years...?

 

[MacFan782040]

iOS 17 seems like a very small upgrade, though these are nice changes.

 

[BGPL]

I've had problems with airdrop since inception. Mostly when talking from iPhone to Mac though.

 

[t0rqx]

Simple. Yet effective!

 

[sw1tcher]

iOS 17 seems like a very small upgrade, though these are nice changes.

Hoping the small features additions means they'll focus more on improving overall performance of iOS 17 instead.

 

[iFunk]

The club is gonna be poppin' off now!

 

[macmatttx]

Is that an official Apple photo? Is that the 15 Pro Max handset with Action button?

Maybe just slide switch. Looks like stainless edge and not Ti.

 

[kenni417]

Is that an official Apple photo? Is that the 15 Pro Max handset with Action button?

Maybe just slide switch. Looks like stainless edge and not Ti.

no, that’s definitely the mute switch

 

[jjMMpp]

This just looks like Bump. If any of you folks remember that.

 

[BigBag]

This just looks like Bump. If any of you folks remember that.

I came here to say this. Never understood why Bump went away!

 

[jjMMpp]

I came here to say this. Never understood why Bump went away!

Because Google Bought it out... Apple has done the same thing to a lot of apps it has acquired as well

 

[Reidan]

Didn't Palm Pilot have this back in the 2000's? I vaquely remember doing this with vendors when I went to computer conventions.

 

[Paninnguaq]

I feel like this has been available on android for years...?

Probably, but now we have it on phones that get updates for more than 3 years.

 

[BigBag]

Because Google Bought it out... Apple has done the same thing to a lot of apps it has acquired as well

Ah. Well then.

 

[Franjelisco]

In a crowded place (subway, club, theme park) couldn’t this be used maliciously to get to know someone’s name without their consent? So you’re standing up on a packed train carriage and a creep just bumps their phone onto yours and peeks at your screen to know your personal details. How is that preventable?

 

[Samu25]

I like this it seems useful. Android users will feel even more left out in a group of iOS users tho 😅

Hoping iOS 18 will introduce MicDrop 😂

 

[alexandr]

I feel like this has been available on android for years...?

Who cares?)))