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TL;DR While Quick Share has been limited to smartphones so far, the Google Pixel Tablet may have recently gained support.
However, the Quick Share FAQs page doesn’t mention support for the 2023 tablet.
Quick Share transfers to Apple devices are currently supported by a handful of Pixel and Galaxy phones, along with phones from OnePlus, OPPO, vivo, and HONOR.
Google shook up the mobile industry last year by enabling Quick Share support for Apple iPhones via AirDrop. Although this feature still requires a select few smartphones to work, Google may have quietly added support for its nearly forgotten 2023 tablet.
Thanks to a tip from Joe Lenington on X, we’re getting a good look at the Quick Share interface for file sharing with Apple devices on an Android 17-based Google Pixel Tablet. The onscreen prompt suggests support was added recently, though we can’t say exactly when.
Joe Lenington / X
In any case, Pixel Tablet users will have no reason to complain, especially if they’re currently using other means to share items with an iPhone. While it’s hard to tell from this single screenshot, we assume the recently introduced QR code-based file sharing system is also included here.
Lenington didn’t say whether they could receive files on the tablet from an iPhone via AirDrop, though we don’t see any reason why that functionality wouldn’t work.
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