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Samsung is rolling out AirDrop/Quick Share capability to the S26 series.
Coming to Korea first on 3/23, and the US later in the week.
Will roll out compatibility to other Galaxy devices at a later date.
A few months ago, Google introduced a new feature that allowed Pixels to transfer files and photos to Apple devices via Quick Share, which uses AirDrop.
This is a very big deal because previously, the options to share data between iOS and Android were not great. You could text a file, email it, or, if you're me, you could use Google Photos links, which work super well with my mom, except it really, really doesn't.
Also: How to AirDrop on Android to iPhone (and which models support the file-sharing feature)
All this is not nearly as easy as AirDrop. It requires the receiving phone to be set to "Everyone for 10 minutes," and then it works…most of the time. It would be best if we could all just wave our phones at each other and transfer data like you can from iPhone to iPhone, but we'll take what we can get.
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