Google Will Soon Offer Airdrop Support On More Android Devices

One of nan much astonishing tech developments successful 2025 was Google bringing two-way support for Apple’s AirDrop functionality to its Pixel 10 bid of phones. At nan time, Google said it intended to grow nan characteristic to different devices astatine a later date, and that day could beryllium conscionable astir nan corner.

At a property briefing attended by Android Authority at Google’s Taipei office, Eric Kay, Android’s Vice President of Engineering, confirmed that AirDrop interoperability will grow successful 2026. "We spent a batch of clip and power to make judge that we could build thing that was compatible not only pinch iPhone but iPads and MacBooks," he said. "Now that we’ve proven it out, we’re moving pinch our partners to grow it into nan remainder of nan ecosystem, and you should spot immoderate breathtaking announcements coming very soon."

Right now, Pixel 10 users tin nonstop and person files and photos betwixt Apple devices and Android utilizing Quick Share. For an Android instrumentality to person from an iPhone, they person to group their Quick Share visibility settings to "everyone for 10 minutes" and make judge they’re successful "receive" mode connected nan Quick Share page.

It’s a akin communicative for an Android-to-Apple record share. You person to group your iPhone, iPad aliases Mac’s Airdrop visibility to "anyone for 10 minutes," which enables personification from extracurricular your contacts to usage Quick Share connected their Pixel 10.

When this characteristic launched, it wasn’t clear really overmuch involvement, if any, Apple had had, aliases if nan infamous walled plot would erstwhile again banish Android-minded intruders successful a consequent package update. But that hasn’t happened, and backmost successful November, Qualcomm confirmed that devices powered by its Snapdragon chips would besides soon beryllium capable to transportation files to iPhones utilizing Quick Share, suggesting that Pixel exclusivity wouldn’t past for overmuch longer.

Google’s ain willingness to play bully pinch Apple cogwheel is seemingly a move designed to make nan lives easier of anyone reasoning astir making nan jump from an iPhone to an Android device. As reported by Android Authority, Kay besides said his institution was committed to making it arsenic elemental arsenic imaginable to transportation information erstwhile switching.

It wasn’t that agelong agone that nan thought of Apple and Google teaming up to make device-hopping much consumer-friendly was nan worldly of fantasy, but successful December it emerged that nan longstanding rivals were moving connected a caller simplified information transportation system. Each institution already offers a method for swapping ecosystems, but a caller build of Android Canary hinted astatine thing that would activity astatine nan operating strategy level.

Last month, Apple and Google besides released a associated connection confirming erstwhile reports that nan caller type of Siri will utilise Google Gemini’s models, efficaciously resulting successful a Google-powered sound adjunct connected your iPhone.