{"id":388082,"date":"2026-04-12T10:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T10:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/388082\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T10:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T10:38:08","slug":"these-android-phones-are-compatible-with-apples-airdrop-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/388082\/","title":{"rendered":"These Android phones are compatible with Apple&#8217;s AirDrop facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"These Android phones are compatible with Apple's AirDrop facility\" title=\"These Android phones are compatible with Apple's AirDrop facility\" class=\"cover-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/l200_17701775968693.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                                                                                Quick Share works seamlessly across platforms<\/p>\n<p>    What&#8217;s the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbytesapp.com\/news\/science\/google\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a> brought Apple&#8217;s AirDrop sharing capability to select Android<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbytesapp.com\/news\/science\/android\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> smartphones, starting with the Pixel 10 series in November 2025.<br \/>\nThe feature works across iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks without any input from <a href=\" https:\/\/www.newsbytesapp.com\/news\/science\/apple \" rel=\"noopener\">Apple<\/a>.<br \/>\nIt was first added to the Pixel 10 series and has since expanded to include devices from the Pixel 9 series and Samsung models.<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s take a look.\n    <\/p>\n<p>    How to use Quick Share on Android?<\/p>\n<p class=\"content\">To use this feature, both the sender and receiver need to set their devices to &#8220;Everyone&#8221; mode. This is because contact sharing doesn&#8217;t work across platforms.<br \/>\n    Once done, the recipient&#8217;s device will automatically appear on nearby Android phones looking for file sharing options like photos or videos.<br \/>\n    On Pixel devices, AirDrop is enabled by default while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbytesapp.com\/news\/science\/samsung\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung<\/a> offers a toggle for optional usage of the feature.\n    <\/p>\n<p>    Pixel and Samsung devices that support AirDrop<\/p>\n<p class=\"content\">The list of Android devices compatible with AirDrop via Quick Share is still growing.<br \/>\n    As of now, it includes the Pixel 10 series (Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, Pixel 10 Pro Fold and Pixel 10a) and the Pixel 9 series (Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold).<br \/>\n    Samsung&#8217;s Galaxy S26 series (Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+ and Galaxy S26 Ultra) also supports this feature.\n    <\/p>\n<p>    Other Samsung models compatible with AirDrop<\/p>\n<p class=\"content\">Samsung&#8217;s Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7 also support AirDrop, but they need to run One UI 8.5 (currently in beta).<br \/>\n    Other models that work with this feature include the Galaxy S25 series (Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+ and Galaxy S25 Ultra), the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6 as well as the older Galaxy S24 series (Galaxy S24, S24+ and Ultra).\n    <\/p>\n<p>    OPPO to add AirDrop-like feature to its devices<\/p>\n<p class=\"content\">Google has been rolling out AirDrop support for <a href=\" https:\/\/www.newsbytesapp.com\/news\/science\/android \" rel=\"noopener\">Android<\/a> phones on a model-by-model basis.<br \/>\n    This explains why older Pixel phones and some Samsung models aren&#8217;t supported yet.<br \/>\n    Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbytesapp.com\/news\/business\/oppo-mobiles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OPPO<\/a> has announced plans to bring this feature to its devices in the near future.<br \/>\n    The exact models that will get support remain unclear at this point.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quick Share works seamlessly across platforms What&#8217;s the story Google brought Apple&#8217;s AirDrop sharing capability to select Android&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[85,46,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-388082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}