/nearby

🐿️ A collection of projects focused on connectivity that enable building cross-device experiences.

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Nearby

Nearby is a collection of projects focused on connectivity that enable building cross-device experiences.

This is not an officially supported Google product.

Projects

A peer-to-peer networking API that allows apps to easily discover, connect to, and exchange data with nearby devices in real-time, regardless of network connectivity.

Utilizes Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to discover nearby Bluetooth devices without using significant phone battery, enabling "magical" scenarios based on device proximity.

An extension to Nearby Connections that features an extensible identity model for authentication and restricted visibility, resource management for system health, and proximity detection through sensor fusion.

A lightweight implementation of Fast Pair intended for embedded systems.

Contributing

We encourage you to contribute to Nearby! Please check out the Contributing to Nearby guide for guidelines about how to proceed.

License

Nearby is released under the Apache License 2.0