Tushar Mehta / Android Authority TL;DR AirDrop support via Quick Share is now live on the OnePlus 15. You don’t need to do much at your end, other than ensuring Quick Share is up to date. The OnePlus 15 is the only OnePlus expected to get AirDrop compatibility. Late in 2025, Google was able to … Read More “OnePlus 15 gets the Pixel 10’s best party trick: AirDrop via Quick Share” »
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Quick Share’s AirDrop integration lets Android phones seamlessly share files with Apple devices, but the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are notably missing from the supported list. The lower-end Pixel 8a, as well as the Pixel 9 and Pixel 10 series, are fully supported alongside select flagship devices … Read More “Pixel 8a can AirDrop files to a Mac, but your Pixel 8 and 8 Pro still cannot” »
Zac Kew-Denniss / Android Authority TL;DR One UI 8.5 on Galaxy S23 phones is missing a key feature: AirDrop compatibility. Users allege that the Galaxy S23 has hardware capable of the feature, and Samsung is simply choosing to ignore it. It’s possibly because Samsung and Google would need to devote additional resources, which they may … Read More “Galaxy S23 owners say Samsung did them dirty by leaving out this feature in One UI 8.5 update” »
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google has started rolling out a new Quick Share feature that lets Android users share files with iPhones using QR codes. iPhone users can scan the QR code through the Camera app, after which the file is securely uploaded to the cloud for transfer. The feature is rolling out … Read More “Google starts rolling out QR code Quick Share transfers between Android and iOS” »
Ryan Haines / Android Authority Google surprised the tech world last year when it announced that Quick Share on the Pixel 10 series would support Apple’s AirDrop feature. This meant Pixel 10 owners and iPhone users could natively share files with each other. This functionality has since arrived on the Pixel 9 series and several … Read More “Your Pixel 8 phone is almost ready for AirDrop support” »
Joe Maring / Android Authority Quick Share is a useful but flawed feature. Quickly sharing files between your Android, Windows, and even iOS devices is incredibly convenient. Sadly, it’s not the most reliable tool in the world. It’s often slow to detect devices and transfer files, and prone to disconnections. Thankfully, there’s a far better … Read More “Better than Quick Share and AirDrop” »
Shimul Sood / Android Authority I’ve been an iPhone user since the iPhone 5c, and switching to Android was never part of the plan — not even in my wildest dreams. I was deeply invested in Apple’s ecosystem, and I loved it to bits. It was the kind of experience where everything just clicked, especially … Read More “After 13 years with iPhone, I’m finally switching to Android” »
