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Samsung is rolling out AirDrop capability to older phone models.
It can be tested via the OneUI 8.5 beta, available now for free.
It will officially roll out at a later time, likely this summer.
After Samsung announced in March that the Galaxy S26 series of phones would gain Quick Share capabilities to Apple devices -- effectively letting you AirDrop to iPhones, Macs, and iPads -- the company has confirmed that more devices will gain support with the latest OneUI beta.
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, 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
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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