The Pixel 10’s Version Of AirDrop Is Finally Coming To More Android Phones

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Choose photos and documents, tap the share button, select an iPhone contact near you or one of your nearby devices, and tap the chosen destination. That’s all there is to iPhone’s AirDrop feature. It’s one of the iPhone features Android users have wanted for years that lets you quickly and effortlessly share files. Specifically, Android users have wanted to share files via AirDrop with their friends using iPhones (and vice versa) and their devices. Google came through late last year by making the Android version of Android (Quick Share) work with iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

However, the Quick Share-AirDrop interoperability that Google managed to enable without Apple’s help only works on the Pixel 10 phones as of this writing. But Android enthusiasts rocking non-Pixel phones should be happy to hear that Google plans on bringing Quick Share-AirDrop support to more Android products, rather than keeping it a Pixel exclusive. Google issued a clearer confirmation than the December teasers.

Eric Kay, Vice President of Engineering for the Android platform, confirmed the expansion of AirDrop interoperability to more handsets during a briefing that Android Authority attended. The executive said Google has spent “a lot of time and energy” to make sure Google’s Quick Share-AirDrop tool works with Apple products, including the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. He added that Google is working with unnamed partners to expand…

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