We’re still processing the fact that Google randomly announced that it had figured out a solution to AirDrop to and from Pixel 10 and Pixel 9 phones with all of Apple’s devices, including the iPhone, ...

In late November 2025, Google announced it had made AirDrop compatible with Android, allowing iPhone and Mac users to share files wirelessly with Android phones. Apple was not involved in the ...

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Choose photos and documents, tap the share button, select an iPhone contact near you or one of your nearby devices, and tap the chosen destination. That's all there is to iPhone's AirDrop feature.

There are lots of perks to sticking to a single ecosystem. You get cross-platform sharing and connected features that are so convenient you don’t even want to break out of that bubble. A big reason ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

Google today said its Quick Share feature that allows Android and iPhone users to exchange files with AirDrop is expanding to ...

Google surprised Android users in late November 2025 by enabling Quick Share to work with Apple's AirDrop feature on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Quick Share and AirDrop are both device-to-device wireless ...

File sharing between smartphones has long been restricted by platform. The surprising news is that Google has figured out how to use AirDrop to exchange files both ways between its own Pixel Android ...