Here’s your first look at the slick animation for Android’s NameDrop-style contact sharing feature

Key Highlights

• We can now show you the slick animation that will accompany the feature and appear when two Android phones are brought together.
• We still don’t know the marketing name Google plans to use for the feature, but internally, it’s referred to as “Gesture Exchange” and “Contact Exchange.” Google appears to be moving full steam ahead on its NameDrop-like contact sharing feature for Android.
• Thanks to a new update to Google Play Services, we were able to surface a slick animation that accompanies the feature and shows up when two Android devices are brought close together to enable the contact exchange.
• A few weeks ago, we exclusively reported that Google was working on a new feature internally referred to as “Gesture Exchange” and “Contact Exchange.” At the time, we uncovered strings referencing an NFC-based data exchange and early UI screens that strongly resembled Apple’s NameDrop feature on iOS. For those who don’t know, NameDrop on iOS allows iPhone users to bring the top of their devices together to share contact cards.
• The information is exchanged wirelessly, eliminating the need to scan QR codes or manually enter numbers.