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367 Will Apple Kill Google's Surprise Android to iPhone AirDrop Interoperability?

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Juli Clover @ MacRumors · 11/20/2025 15:50 EDT

Will Apple Kill Google's Surprise Android to iPhone AirDrop Interoperability?

Earlier today, Google made a surprise announcement that the Quick Share file transfer feature on Pixel 10 smartphones was able to work with AirDrop, enabling first-party file sharing between Android devices and Apple devices.


Typically, Apple and Google work together on cross-platform features, but it turns out that Apple had no involvement this time. Google created the Quick Share to AirDrop interoperability on its own, and apparently sprung it on Apple with a public announcement. From a statement Goo

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