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Android's Nearby Share uses a direct Wi-Fi connection when possible to transfer photos more quickly than Bluetooth or sending via the internet.

Note: It is recommended to download and use the software on your PC or laptop only.

Method 2: How To Transfer Photos From Android To Android Via Bluetooth?

Apart from the above automatic solution, there are other ways as well to transfer pictures between devices. You can use Bluetooth to transfer your pictures from one phone to another and this works on almost every phone.

You only need to follow the steps below:

• First, go to Settings > turn on Bluetooth on both devices after which you will the list of nearby devices that you want to transfer
• Now choose the device to set a connection between both to transfer photos
• After that, open File Manager on the phone you want to transfer > choose photos that you want to send and select the pairing device.

That’s it, now all your pictures will be transferred to another Android phone.

Method 3: Transfer Photos From Android To Android Using Google Photos

Another easy and important way to transfer pictures from phone to phone is by using Google Photos. It allows users to store lots of data including photos up to 15GB. This is a great transfer option that will transfer your photos without any problem.

Here are the steps to follow:

• First, download and install Google Photos from Google play store or open it if it’s already installed
• Now choose upload size for photos & videos. You will get “High quality” and “Original”. Select high quality as it saves storage space and quality will not become low

• After that, go to Settings > enable “Backup & sync” to upload photos from sending phone

• Next, open Google Photos on the new phone and sign in with the same account you have used to upload pictures
• Then tick on “High quality” and enable “Backup & sync”. Here you can check the uploaded pictures and videos on the new phone
• To download photos on a new phone, click on Menu > Settings > enable “Auto Add” under Google Photos and then click on “Back” at top

• After that, open Google Photos folder > choose the photo folder and click on the three-point button. Then click on “Select All” > click on the “Download” option.

Method 4: Use Android Beam To Transfer Photos From Android To Android

Android Beam is one of the programs that allow users to transfer files by pressing them back to back. Using this, you can easily transfer photos from Android to Android and others. In fact, phones nowadays consist of NFC hardware.

So before you transfer photos, make sure your both Android device supports NFC. It is important to confirm a successful transfer of files.

The below steps will allow you to check whether your device supports NFC:

• First, go to Settings > tap on “More” under wireless and connections

• If NFC and Android Beam is not enabled, simply enable them
• When you don’t get NFC then it means your phone does not support NFC. Remember, Android Beam supports Android 4.0 and above

Here are the steps to transfer pictures between Android devices via Android Beam:

• First, go to those pictures you want to transfer
• Then open photos in the gallery as you can send more than one pictures from the default gallery application
• Now choose and long-press photos thumbnail and click on other images as well you want to transfer
• At last, begin the beaming process

Method 5: Transfer Photos Using Google Drive

Google can help you in various situations and when it comes to transferring pictures then also it will allow you to do so. Using Google Drive, you can back up your photos from one device and then login with the same credentials on another Android phone.

This way, you can transfer photos from Android to Android easily. Here are the steps to follow:

• First, open Settings on your Android phone
• There you will see a few options like Backup to Google Drive.

• Click on it and you will see several types of content that can be backed up like call history, device settings, photos, text messages, etc.
• Once you enable it, all the data will be backed up automatically. Even you can upload photos to Google Drive manually
• Now on another phone, open Google Drive and log in with the same Google account, and access it

Note– Enabling the “Sync” option on Google helps to automatically backup all important stuff from the phone including photos. It helps to access the data from any phone by logging with the same account.

Conclusion

So this blog totally describes how to transfer photos from Android to Android. All methods are easy to follow and they will definitely help you to transfer pictures between devices. Though all manual methods are useful I will especially suggest using the Android Transfer tool when you want to transfer. This is a simple and secure transfer process for pictures and other stuff between Android phones.

Note: It is recommended to download and use the software on your PC or laptop only.

James Leak is a technology expert and lives in New York. Previously, he was working on Symbian OS and was trying to solve many issues related to it. From childhood, he was very much interested in technology field and loves to write blogs related to Android and other OS. So he maintained that and currently, James is working for androiddata-recovery.com where he contribute several articles about errors/issues or data loss situation related to Android. He keeps daily updates on news or rumors or what is happening in this new technology world. Apart from blogging, he loves to travel, play games and reading books.

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