Google surprised Android users in late November 2025 by enabling Quick Share to work with Apple's AirDrop feature on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Quick Share and AirDrop are both device-to-device wireless ...

It was easier than I thought.

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That didn’t take long. It’s been just four days since I reported on Google’s surprise announcement that Google Pixel 10 devices would integrate their AirDrop-like Quick Share wireless file transfer ...

Androids and iPhones have never gotten along. They each had their own corner of the consumer playground and stayed there. If you wanted to share a file between them, you had to do it the clumsy, ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

On Google Pixel 10 devices, Android Quick Share functionality is compatible with Apple's range of AirDrop-enabled devices, including iPhones and Macs. Just months after Quick Share gained that ability ...

There is very little functional difference between iOS and Android these days. The systems could integrate quite well if it weren’t for the way companies prioritize lock-in over compatibility. At ...

AirDrop for Android will arrive on other Android phones this year, not just Pixel devices. This week, Google apparently told media in Taipei that they will expand AirDrop on Android to “a lot more ...

Easy and convenient file transfer technologies are becoming more necessary in our digital lives. Such tools and services come particularly handy in wirelessly sharing and receiving images, videos, ...