Katarzyna Petru
Transferring files between iPhones and Android smartphones has been… well, let’s be blunt: a nightmare. Dealing with the cloud, sending photos to Messenger with atrocious compression, emailing yourself — everyone knows that pain. But those days are over. You can breathe easy.
Quick Share and AirDrop finally speak the same language
Apple users have always had it easy — AirDrop works instantly, conveniently and without having to think about where to click. The problem arose when the device on the other side wasn’t an iPad, Mac, or iPhone, but… Android. And this is where the story unfolds. Google has announced that Quick Share has become compatible with AirDrop. Yes — that means exactly what you think.
iPhone can finally send a file to Android without fuss. And Android can finally receive it like a normal phone.
How does it work? Just how it always should
According to the animation that Google posted on X, the process looks like Apple and Google simply shook hands and said, “Alright, the war is over, let’s do this the right way.”
Quick Share detects iPhones
AirDrop detects Android smartphones
You click → you send → done
Zero cloud, zero cables, zero frustration. Sounds like a fairy tale? Well… almost.
There’s one big catch. And it’s really big.
At this moment, the new feature works exclusively on Google Pixel 10. Yes — only on one single device. The rest of the world has to wait, and Google very cautiously says it “hopes” that other manufacturers will roll out updates “as soon as possible”.
So, it’s a classic: first exclusivity, then rollout.
We don’t know if Samsung, Xiaomi, Nothing, and the others will jump on it right away, but if they want to please their users, then… they should.
Why is it so important?
Because it is a symbolic end of the wall between iOS and Android. Something that has not been achieved for years suddenly becomes a reality. This is not just another feature that no one will remember in a week. This is a real change in how we use our phones on a daily basis. If manufacturers quickly join in, by 2025 we might forget about sending photos via Messenger “because the iPhone doesn't see my Samsung.”
And that's good.
Really good.
