Samsung Galaxy Phones Finally Get Official Airdrop Support to Match iPhones
On March 18, Google officially announced that its Pixel phones now support Apple's proprietary file-sharing feature AirDrop. Shortly after this news broke on the same day at noon UTC (March 23), South Korean electronics giant Samsung confirmed it has added similar compatibility for users of Galaxy S series devices and other Android smartphones to exchange files wirelessly with iPhones or Pixels without needing a Wi-Fi network setup, effectively ending years where these cross-platform transfers were difficult.
Key Points
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1Samsung has announced the rollout of native Apple's AirDrop support for its latest devices, starting with the S25 series (noted in multiple excerpts as Galaxy S26/S27).
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2The new feature integrates directly into Android Quick Share via a firmware update.
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3This allows seamless full-resolution file sharing between Samsung and iPhone users without third-party applications.
Developments
Samsung is rolling out a firmware build (AZCF) for its Galaxy S24 series that adds native Quick Share support with Apple devices, allowing seamless file sharing without third-party apps. While the update has already been released in Korea and expanding to Europe and India via an approximately 900MB package focused on stability improvements, it will eventually reach global markets including North America later this year once fully supported across all Galaxy phones by default.
Samsung will begin rolling out native AirDrop support for its Galaxy S26 series starting in Korea, with expansion to other regions and devices scheduled later. This feature allows users on both Samsung Android phones (via Quick Share) and Apple iPhones to share files wirelessly after enabling the toggle within Connected device settings while ensuring sharing permissions are set correctly.
Samsung hat angekündigt, dass die Android Quick Share-Funktion ab dieser Woche für Galaxy-Smartphone-Modelle verfügbar wird und mit iPhones über den neuen Wi-Fi Aware 4.-Standard kompatibel ist. Die Funktion bleibt standardmäßig deaktiviert erfordert aber eine manuelle Aktivierung durch beide Parteien innerhalb eines Zeitrahmens von zehn Minuten zum Datenübertrag, was auf die EU-Kommission zurückzuführen war der neue Standard wurde entwickelt nach strengen Sicherheitsstandards