Katarzyna Petru
Transferring files between iPhones and Android smartphones has been… well, let's put it bluntly: a nightmare. The juggling of cloud services, sending photos via Messenger with horrendous compression, emailing oneself — everyone knows this pain. But those days are over. You can breathe a sigh of relief.
Quick Share and AirDrop finally speak the same language
Apple users have always had an easy life — AirDrop works swiftly, conveniently, and without having to think about what to click where. The problem arose when, on the other side, there wasn’t an iPad, Mac, or iPhone, but… Android. And this is where the story unfolds. Google announced that Quick Share has become compatible with AirDrop. Yes — it means exactly what you think.
An iPhone can finally send a file to an Android without any hassle. And an Android can finally receive it like a normal phone.
How does it work? Just as it always should have
According to the animation that Google posted on X, the process looks as if Apple and Google simply shook hands and said, “Alright, the war is over, let’s do this properly.”
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 is 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 is very cautiously saying that it "hopes" other manufacturers will provide updates "as soon as possible".
So, the classic: first exclusivity, then rollout.
We don't know if Samsung, Xiaomi, Nothing and the others will jump on this right away, but if they want to please 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 been impossible for years suddenly becomes a reality. This is not 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 join in quickly, by 2025 we could forget about sending photos via Messenger "because the iPhone can't see my Samsung".
And that's good.
Really good.
