# Introducing the Web Share API | Web | Google Developers

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**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [21 Settembre 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-the-web-share-api-web-google-developers/70515 "2017-09-21T14:47:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [21 Settembre 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-the-web-share-api-web-google-developers/70515/1 "2017-09-21T14:47:42Z")

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> **[Integrate with the OS sharing UI with the Web Share API  |  Articles  |  web.dev](https://web.dev/articles/web-share)**
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> With the Web Share API, web apps are able to use the same system-provided share capabilities as platform-specific apps. The Web Share API makes it possible for web apps to share links, text, and files to other apps installed on the device in the same...

We can try switching the topic share icon action to the web share intent on supported platforms ( Chrome android for now)

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