Why this is important: Contact sharing between phones is such a basic function, yet one that still involves typing numbers, scanning codes, or manually saving info. With this feature, Google could ...

Google is developing an iOS’ NameDrop-like feature for Android, internally referred to as “Gesture Exchange” and “Contact Exchange.” The functionality uses a gesture and is likely driven by NFC to ...

Quickly swapping contact details feels like a problem that modern-day tech should've solved by now—and indeed it has, though it's not always obvious how to go about sending someone your information.

Google is developing a new feature called Contact Exchange, essentially an Android version of Apple’s NameDrop. Discovered in a recent Google Play Services teardown, the feature uses NFC to quickly ...