In the long arc of human connection, the friction of sharing has always shaped how freely we exchange ideas and moments. Google's new Tap to Share feature, rolling out today to Pixel 6 and newer devices, reduces that friction to a single physical gesture — two phones touching. By relocating the NFC chip to the top frame of the Pixel 11, Google has quietly acknowledged that good design is not about originality for its own sake, but about meeting people where they already are.