How to receive files with Quick Share on a Google Pixel

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Device

Android

Shown on

Google Pixel 10a, Android 17 (build CP3A.261005.005)

App

Settings

Path

Settings › Google › Quick Share › Who can share with you

Real screenshots

5 of 5 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Open Quick Share settings

   Search Settings for "Quick Share" and tap the Quick Share result (Google Play services). It is also in Settings, Google.

   Done

2. 

   Tap Who can share with you

   Ours said Your devices. The page also has Use mobile data and Tap to share, both On on ours.

   Done

3. 

   Pick who can share

   Your devices: phones signed in to your Google account. Contacts: your contacts with a Google account. Everyone for 10 minutes switches back after 10 minutes; there is no permanent Everyone on the Pixel.

   Done

4. 

   Keep the page open while it arrives

   A notification shows the transfer at the top. From the Redmi on our account, no accept prompt appeared.

   Done

5. 

   Tap Open

   The notification says "1 image received" with Open and View downloads. Open showed the photo in Google Photos on ours.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• Sender does not see your Pixel? Visible to nearby devices must be On (top of step 3), and Bluetooth must be on. For a stranger's phone, pick Everyone for 10 minutes. Source: Use Quick Share on your Android device
• No Quick Share result in search? Look in Settings, Google, Quick Share (Devices and sharing on some versions). Source: Use Quick Share on your Android device

If this does not work

• Where did the file go? View downloads in the notification (step 5). Google says received files go to the Files app, Downloads, Quick Share folder; ours had a Quick Share folder in Downloads. Source: Use Quick Share on your Android device
• Slow or stops on mobile data? Use mobile data was On on ours; switch it off to wait for Wi-Fi instead. Source: Use Quick Share on your Android device

About this guide

Quick Share sends photos and files between Android phones nearby. On the Pixel, who may send to you is a Quick Share setting.

The screenshots are from our Google Pixel 10a with Android 17 (build CP3A.261005.005), in Dark mode, taken on 18 October 2026. We sent one photo from our Redmi Note 15 Pro (same Google account) and deleted it afterwards.

Good to know

Sending from a Xiaomi or Redmi: send files with Quick Share on a Xiaomi phone. On a OnePlus: change who can send you files with Quick Share.

In short: Settings search Quick Share, Who can share with you, pick Your devices, Contacts or Everyone for 10 minutes. Tap Open when it arrives.