Quick Share works with AirDrop
Big news in the tech world. Google has provided Android with support for Apple AirDrop. This support is reflected in Quick Share, the counterpart to AirDrop. The technology allows files to be exchanged at lightning speed between different devices, and now also between operating systems.
On Android, an Apple device appears in the full-screen view of Quick Share, formerly Nearby Share, and can thus be selected to share a file with. The option works for a period of 10 minutes after switching on. When the iOS or Mac user accepts sharing, the file in question is downloaded.
With Quick Share (and AirDrop), a direct peer-to-peer connection is set up. This means that files do not go through another server, and is therefore completely private. Interestingly, Google added the support without Apple's help. However, Google is open to working with Apple on file sharing between iOS and Android. Google has equipped the sharing feature with several security measures. Before anyone can send a file to you, you must first accept it on your own device.
Google is making support for AirDrop in Quick Share available first for the Pixel 10 models. Other devices will follow in the future. At the moment, we don't see the feature on our Pixel yet, nor on the Macbook. It will take some time until every user sees the feature back.
