Google certainly shocked the world when it cracked AirDrop and allowed its Pixel 10 phones to seamlessly share files with any iPhone 17, iPad, or MacBook out there. Shortly after that, other brands ...

Want to send files between an iPhone and a Samsung Galaxy phone? AirDrop via Quick Share now works seamlessly.

An AirDrop menu on an iPhone screen. - Aleksey H/Shutterstock Google surprised Android users in late November 2025 by enabling Quick Share to work with Apple's AirDrop feature on iPhone, iPad, and Mac ...

Google announced a major update for Quick Share, which now allows you to AirDrop photos between iPhone and Android devices. In a surprising move, Google announced a major update to Quick Share, an ...

AirDrop for Android will arrive on other Android phones this year, not just Pixel devices. This week, Google apparently told media in Taipei that they will expand AirDrop on Android to “a lot more ...

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Google has confirmed that more Android phones will support AirDrop via Quick Share this month. Samsung phones getting AirDrop support in June include the Galaxy S25 and S24 families, the Z7 and Z6 ...

On Google Pixel 10 devices, Android Quick Share functionality is compatible with Apple's range of AirDrop-enabled devices, including iPhones and Macs. Just months after Quick Share gained that ability ...

New AirDrop and Quick Share flaws put over five billion devices at risk, but keeping file sharing limited to contacts can stop attackers.

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

Google and Samsung are quietly building a tap to share feature for Android that works a lot like Apple’s AirDrop. The idea is simple enough. You hold two phones close together, and files transfer ...

A WhatsApp AirDrop style feature is under development, and from screens discovered inside the latest Android beta, it looks like a rather close copy of the original. This includes privacy features: As ...