Surprise! Android Can Finally AirDrop To iPhone For Easy File Sharing

After eons of Android users relying on cumbersome cloud links or email attachments to share content with iPhones, Google dropped a bombshell yesterday that its Quick Share function can now directly communicate with Apple’s proprietary AirDrop feature, forever ending the agonizing cross-platform file sharing wall.

For many, this update is a big deal, although this immediate feature rollout is limited to the freshly-minted Pixel 10 family (for now anyway). Still, this represents one of the most significant wins for consumer interoperability. Up until now, sharing a photo, video, or file between an iPhone and an Android device required users to rely on sharing links through emails or text messages—they worked, but let's be real, the process wasn't quick and glamorous. Apple’s insistence on keeping AirDrop, its high-speed, local file transfer protocol, proprietary ensured seamless sharing was locked into the iOS/macOS ecosystem.

Finally however, Google ...