Android 14 will bring intuitive system share sheet, could combine with Play Services

Google is expected to release the first Android 14 developer preview next month. Ahead of this, a new information reveals that Android 14 will bring an intuitive system share sheet that will be combined with Google Play Services.

Android share sheet is primarily designed for sending content outside your app or directly to your contacts. It’s great for performing basic functionalities of seamless file transferring but it has not been much developed since its availability.

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Google has tried to improve it over the years but since it can only be updated with a new Android generation, the progress of its improvement is very slow. Fortunately, this slow progress is not going to continue further as Google is likely to combine the Android 14 share sheet with Play services.

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As spotted by Mishaal Rahman from Esper, Google has developed an experimental, hidden copy of the share sheet that lives within Android 13. At a glance, it looks identical to the current share sheet, even though its functionality is the same but what makes it different is that it is a mainline module.

It means that the share sheet is decoupled from Android and can be updated through Play Services just like other Google Play system apps and services. After its implementation, the company can upgrade it separately and users will be able to access its new features faster than before.

It is worth noting that the company has not yet told what it intends to do by combining the share sheet with Play Services. However, one thing is for sure we will see more improvements to the Android Share Sheet in the coming time.