{"id":217172,"date":"2026-02-25T03:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/could-the-galaxy-s26-be-the-next-android-phone-to-support-apples-airdrop\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T04:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:30:10","slug":"could-the-galaxy-s26-be-the-next-android-phone-to-support-apples-airdrop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/could-the-galaxy-s26-be-the-next-android-phone-to-support-apples-airdrop\/","title":{"rendered":"Could the Galaxy S26 be the next Android phone to support Apple\u2019s AirDrop?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/samsung-galaxy-s26-quick-share-airdrop-leak-3643970\/\">Could the Galaxy S26 be the next Android phone to support Apple\u2019s AirDrop?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/samsung-galaxy-s26-quick-share-airdrop-leak-3643970\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/samsung-galaxy-s26-quick-share-airdrop-leak-3643970\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-25 03:05:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joe Maring \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A last-minute leak suggests the Galaxy S26 series will support file sharing with Apple devices via Quick Share.<\/li>\n<li>The feature is said to be \u201cmost likely\u201d coming to older Samsung phones alongside the One UI 8.5 update.<\/li>\n<li>Google had recently promised that Quick Share\u2019s AirDrop compatibility would expand to other Android devices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Galaxy S26 series is launching today at 1 PM EST, and while we know practically everything about the phones, a new last-minute leak has still managed to surprise, claiming the new Galaxy S26 series could come with AirDrop compatibility.<\/p>\n<p>Leaker chunvn8888 shared on X that the Galaxy S26 series could support sharing files with Apple devices through AirDrop.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Gh\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" title=\"chunvn8888 AirDrop support coming to Galaxy S26 series phone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chunvn8888-AirDrop-support-coming-to-Galaxy-S26-series-phone.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chunvn8888-AirDrop-support-coming-to-Galaxy-S26-series-phone-53w-64h.jpg 53w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chunvn8888-AirDrop-support-coming-to-Galaxy-S26-series-phone-721w-864h.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chunvn8888-AirDrop-support-coming-to-Galaxy-S26-series-phone-317w-380h.jpg 317w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chunvn8888-AirDrop-support-coming-to-Galaxy-S26-series-phone-675w-809h.jpg 675w\" alt=\"chunvn8888 AirDrop support coming to Galaxy S26 series phone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/chunvn8888-AirDrop-support-coming-to-Galaxy-S26-series-phone.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This is made possible through Samsung\u2019s Quick Share, and is said to be \u201cmost likely\u201d coming to older Samsung devices with the One UI 8.5 update.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Gh\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_Gh\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As the screenshot suggests, Samsung Galaxy S26 series phones can share files with iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other devices that support AirDrop. The Apple recipient has to set their AirDrop visibility to \u201cEveryone.\u201d Similarly, when receiving files via AirDrop, Quick Share must be enabled so that Apple devices can see the Galaxy S26 series phone and send files to it.<\/p>\n<p>Note that Google\/Android\u2019s Quick Share and Samsung\u2019s Quick Share have merged in recent years, so they\u2019re now the same interoperable feature. However, as mentioned, AirDrop compatibility has remained exclusive to recent Pixel flagships.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Samsung nor Google has mentioned or confirmed that AirDrop compatibility via Quick Share will come to the Galaxy S26 series. If this leak proves true, it would be a significant win for interoperability. Samsung\u2019s flagships are poised to be among the most popular Android phones globally, selling many more units than Google Pixel flagships, so this would bring AirDrop compatibility to a significant portion of the Android ecosystem&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/samsung-galaxy-s26-quick-share-airdrop-leak-3643970\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could the Galaxy S26 be the next Android phone to support Apple\u2019s AirDrop? https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/samsung-galaxy-s26-quick-share-airdrop-leak-3643970\/ Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":217173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/airdrop-quick-share-hero-14-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,72,86],"class_list":["post-217172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-pixel","tag-samsung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217174,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217172\/revisions\/217174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}