{"id":283885,"date":"2026-02-06T12:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/283885\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:24:16","slug":"google-is-expanding-airdrop-support-to-more-android-devices-very-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/283885\/","title":{"rendered":"Google is expanding AirDrop support to more Android devices \u2018very soon\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">After introducing AirDrop support to Pixel 10 devices last year, Google is now set to expand it to phones made by other Android partners. Eric Kay, vice president of engineering for Android, confirmed in a press briefing attended by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-android-airdrop-expansion-3638222\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Android Authority<\/a> that \u201ca lot more\u201d Android devices will be able to use Quick Share to initiate AirDrop sessions with Apple devices this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">\u201cWe spent a lot of time and energy to make sure that we could build something that was compatible not only with iPhone but iPads and MacBooks,\u201d Kay said. \u201cNow that we\u2019ve proven it out, we\u2019re working with our partners to expand it into the rest of the ecosystem, and you should see some exciting announcements coming very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Currently, Google\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/reviews\/772813\/google-pixel-10-review\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pixel 10<\/a> phones are the only Android devices that can use Quick Share \u2014 Android\u2019s own wireless peer-to-peer transfer feature, previously known as Nearby Share \u2014 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/825696\/pixel-10-pro-airdrop-quick-share-hands-on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">communicate directly<\/a> with Apple\u2019s AirDrop. Google hasn\u2019t outlined any specific Android partners or devices for the update yet, but both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/nothing-phone-apple-airdrop-support-3618446\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nothing<\/a> and chipmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/qualcomm-snapdragon-airdrop-quick-share-support-3618833\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Qualcomm<\/a> teased in November that support was coming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Kay also discussed Google\u2019s efforts to improve the process for iOS users who switch to Android, helping to prevent incomplete data transfers, lost messages, and other issues. Apple has been working on a \u201cuser-friendly\u201d way of transferring data from iPhones to other devices <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/3\/7\/24093355\/apple-digital-markets-act-compliance-android-switch-eu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">since early 2024<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/12\/08\/android-iphone-switching\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google and Apple\u2019s collaborative efforts<\/a> were seen being tested in Android Canary 2512 for Pixel devices in December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">\u201cWe\u2019re also going to be working to make it easy for people who do decide to switch to transfer their data and make sure they\u2019ve got everything they had from their old phone,\u201d Kay said during the same briefing. \u201cSo there\u2019s a lot more going on with that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After introducing AirDrop support to Pixel 10 devices last year, Google is now set to expand it to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2723,936,1711,61,6931,60,43,216,80],"class_list":["post-283885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-android","tag-apple","tag-google","tag-ie","tag-ios","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-tech","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}