BeamMac
Lives in the menu bar and keeps receiving while you work. Share from Finder, or drop a file on the icon.
Mac · Windows · iPhone · Android
Files, straight
Files, straight
across the room.
Beam moves photos, videos and documents between every device you own, over the Wi-Fi you are already on. Tap a device, and it is there.
check_circleFree check_circleNo account check_circleNever touches a server
One app, four places
The file goes where you are, not where your ecosystem is.
AirDrop stops at the Apple logo, and a phone and a laptop from different makers have never had an easy way to hand each other a file. Beam is the same app on all four, so every pair just works.
Windows
Sits in the tray and starts with Windows, ready before you ask. Right-click any file, or drag it onto the window.
Android
Receives in the background, with a notification when a file lands. Share from any app.
iPhone
Sends and receives with the app open. Pick from Photos or Files, then tap a device.
Anything you have
Any file, at the speed of your Wi-Fi.
No size limit, no compression, no re-encoding. The photo that arrives is the photo you sent, byte for byte.
imagePhotos, straight off the camera rollHEIC, RAW, JPG, as they are
videocamVideos of any lengthA 4 GB clip resumes if the Wi-Fi drops
picture_as_pdfPDFs and documentsThe boarding pass, the contract, the slides
notesText and linksShare a link or a note, open or copy it on the other side
Private by design
It never leaves the room.
There is no Beam server and nothing to sign in to. Your devices find each other on the local network and hand the file straight across.
Always accept from this phoneKey A1B2 C3D4 E5F6 7890
Both devices prove who they are
Each side signs a fresh challenge with its own key before a byte moves. Trust is pinned to that key, not a name someone on the café Wi-Fi could copy.
image
IMG_2041.jpgSHA-256 matched · saved to Downloads
check
Every file is checked
The receiver verifies each file against the sender’s hash before it is saved. A damaged transfer never turns into a file that looks finished.
videocam
Holiday.movResumed · 1.9 GB was already there
62%
Stop, and pick up again
Either side can stop mid-flight. What already arrived is kept, so sending again resumes instead of starting over.
lockEncrypted from one device to the other, with keys made for that transfer alone. File names, text and the files themselves are all inside it, so anyone else on the Wi-Fi sees device names and that two are talking, never what they send. More in the FAQ
Set up in a minute
Three steps, then never again.
1
Install Beam on bothAny two of Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android.
2
Join the same Wi-FiThey find each other in seconds. No pairing codes.
3
Accept onceYour own devices are trusted after that, and files arrive without asking.
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Get Beam, free.
Version 1.2. Every device needs the same version to connect, so update them together.
laptopThis device
Mac
- Needs
- macOS 14 or later
- Runs on
- Apple silicon & Intel
- Size
- 1.8 MB
laptop_windowsThis device
Windows
- Needs
- Windows 10 or 11
- Runs on
- 64-bit PCs
- Size
- 48 MB
smartphoneThis device
Android
- Needs
- Android 10 or later
- Install
- Google Play
phone_iphoneThis device
iPhone
- Needs
- iOS 17 or later
- Install
- App Store
