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hi welcome to Android Authority I'm mark Bluetooth and Wi-Fi direct are two of the most popular means for wirelessly sharing files between two Android devices but these two wireless protocols need some setting up before you can use them enter Samsung's sbeam app sbeam eliminates the hassle of manually setting up a Wi-Fi direct connection instead near-field communication or NFC sets up the connection without any need for your intervention just tap the two devices and bam open highway for file transfer through Wi-Fi this feature is a Samsung exclusive and even then not all Samsung phones have this feature if you have a high-end Samsung device such as the galaxy s3 or the galaxy note 2 you'll be able to use sbeam in this video I'll show you how to use sbeam to share various kinds of content to use sbeam you need to activate both the S beam feature and the NFC chip on your phone the good news is that NFC automatically turns on when you also enable s beam so just go to the settings page then open more settings here you'll find the switches for NFC and s beam switch S beam on and you'll see that NFC also activates if NFC is inactive s beam will not work because NFC handles the automatic authentication and pairing between the two devices so ensure that both are activated at this point your device is now actively listening for any other NFC enabled devices nearby in case you're wondering Android Beam is still here tap on the NFC item to check whether it's active S beam is not a replacement for Android Beam rather in the samsung's expanded variant of the native Android Beam functionality regular Android Beam handles data transfers over a Bluetooth connection but s beam transfers data over a direct Wi-Fi connection resulting in faster transfer speeds beaming with S beam is extremely easy in fact the process is just like beaming via Android Beam regardless of the content that you want to beam the general beaming process is as follows open the content to be shared tap both devices backs wait for the confirmation sound and vibration tap the screen of the sender device to start sending separate the devices wait a bit and presto content beamed from one device to the other yep it's that easy so let's demonstrate how easy this 2 beam content using s beam let's try setting a photo for example first open the photo then touch the backs of the two phones both will detect each other's presence and will confirm with a short vibration and a sound you'll see something like this on the sender device the image won't be beamed until you tap the screen so let's tap the screen let's take a look at what's going on on the other devices screen once beaming begins the receiving device gets notification of an incoming beam and another notification when the beaming finishes there I've successfully shared this image from my galaxy s3 the process is the same for beaming music play the music file to be sent put the phones together wait for the vibration and sound tap to beam great music files sent to the other phone what about sending huge files such as HD videos let's try it open the video file tap the phones backs tap to beam and wonderful video beam successfully contacts are very easy to beam open the contact page tap the devices backs tap center screen to beam contact sent can you beam apps you bet though this method won't send the app files themselves run app tap device backs tap the beam there the other phone launches the apps page on the Google Play Store share webpages via s beam - like sharing apps this method won't send the webpage itself instead only the URL is sent and the other phones browser app opens the URL it's a simple process open the web page in the browser tap the devices backs tap to beam your L sent YouTube videos can be beamed too just like beaming an app this won't be me YouTube video file itself rather it will being the video page and cost the other device to open it in the YouTube app open the YouTube video on the sender phone back tap here the confirmation sound tap to beam voila YouTube will launch on the other phone and will play the video thanks to NFC and s beam sharing files and content among Samsung phones such as the galaxy s3 and the Galaxy Note 2 is much faster have you tried using s beam do you use it frequently what do you think of the feature share your thoughts in the comments for more android news reviews and guides check out android authority calm & subscribe to our youtube channel i'm mark thanks again for watching and remember the power of Android is yours