
If you have it set to Your Devices, there’s no need to do anything else and the files will just send and appear in your Downloads folder. You will get a notification that someone is trying to share with you. You will be prompted to enable Bluetooth on your computer and it does seem like your phone needs to be unlocked in order for your PC To see it. To share from your computer to your phone, open the Nearby Share Beta app, and then select files (or folders) or drop files (or folders) and then select your phone from the list of Nearby Devices. Your PC should come up and you can then select it, a connecting message will appear on the Nearby Share Beta for Windows app and the file will be transferred into your downloads folder (which you can change to a different folder in the settings). If you haven’t used Nearby Share before, you’ll have to turn it on.


Once set up, all you have to do is go to a photo or file on your phone or tablet, select the Share button, then More, then Nearby. Screenshot showing setting up Nearby Share Beta for Windows.
