Transfer allows Dropbox users to send a copy of files. Recipients won’t need a Dropbox account to receive Transfers, and alterations made by recipients won’t change the original file. Dropbox says it’s “designed for times when you need to turn over large collections of final files to clients and other people outside your company.”

As you’d expect, which account you have will determine the file sizes that you can send. The basic account offers 100MB transfers. With a Plus or Business Standard account you can transfer 2GB worth of files in one shot, and Professional, Business Advanced, Enterprise and Education accounts top out at 100GB per Transfer.

Transfers will automatically expire after seven days. However, if you have a Professional, Business Advanced, Enterprise or Education account, you can set the transfer to expire after seven, 30, 60 or 90 days.

Dropbox has added a few other features since the beta. For instance, you can start a transfer from the Dropbox desktop and iOS apps, as well as dropbox.com. And you can access transfers that people share with you on the iOS app. You can also customize the background and logo that recipients will see when they accept your transfer. Dropbox is rolling out the new feature to all users beginning today.

Right now, when you share a file or folder from your Dropbox with someone, any changes made to it sync. So if you delete the folder or replace its contents, the person you sent it to won’t be able to access it anymore. Transfer, on the other hand, sends a copy of the file so that you can share it with someone and they can download it regardless of whether they use Dropbox or not. And since Transfer sends a copy of the file, you can change or delete things without those changes affecting the recipient. Dropbox’s head of product Adam Nash said that he imagines people using Transfer to send content to clients, whereas shared folders are more useful in the context of collaboration.

Another benefit Dropbox is touting is file size: you can send up to 100GB of files in one go with Transfer. That’s significantly more than you can send with services like Hightail, WeTransfer and Mediafire. Transfer also has the added benefit of not forcing you to re-upload things to send it — if you’re storing something in Dropbox, you can send it with Transfer. Unfortunately Dropbox hasn’t said what type of account you’ll need to have to send 100GB files, but it’s safe to say that free users will have to make do with a smaller file limit.

Another way Dropbox Transfer differentiates itself is that it includes delivery confirmation. In the past, there was no way to know if a shared file or folder was received or opened, but Transfer makes it simple to know that your content got where it’s going. In some ways, this new feature feels like an extension of Showcase, which Dropbox introduced a few years ago as a way to send more polished, professional sets of files with a more engaging visual presentation and branding than normal file shares. Showcase was geared at freelancers, giving them a way to send content with a bit more flair, and Nash said that Dropbox took a lot of what it learned from launching that product when it built Transfer. As such, Transfer also lets users include logos and branding that the recipient will see, making it a bit more engaging than a simple shared file link.

Dropbox Transfer opens today as a private beta — regardless of whether you’re using a free or paid account, you can join the beta waitlist on Dropbox’s site for a chance to give the service a shot.

There are a few key differences. It doesn’t appear that you can limit transfers to your contacts, but you can specify “Preferred Visibility” so that favorites see you even when you’re not using Fast Share. The sample recipients in the Fast Share screen suggest this might be available on Chromebooks, iOS devices and even Wear OS smartwatches, although we wouldn’t count on all of those being available whenever the feature goes public. An iOS version would require a special app.

It’s not certain when Fast Share will launch, although it’s a Google Play Services feature and likely wouldn’t require Android Q. Google might not wait long, though. The company has warned that it’s deprecating NFC-based Android Beam transfers in Q. As such, Fast Share could be the only way to quickly send files to local users without resorting to apps (like Files by Google) that your friends won’t necessarily have.