Loads more Android phones could soon work with AirDrop

• Snapdragon and Nothing have both announced plans to support AirDrop
• That means the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S25 and Nothing Phone 3 could get this feature soon
• Though there's still a chance that Apple might decide to block it

Last week something unexpected happened – Google announced that Android Quick Share would now work with AirDrop, meaning that Android and iPhone users could quickly and easily share files with each other. Right now this only works with Google Pixel 10 series devices, but we’re now learning about other Android phones that could support this soon.

The biggest news here is that the Snapdragon X account has posted saying “can't wait for people to use this once enabled on Snapdragon in the near future.” Now, while this doesn’t mention any specific phones, a huge number of Android handsets have Snapdragon chipsets, so that might mean that many or even most of them will soon support this.

Big names under that umbrella include the Samsung Galaxy S25, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge, and the OnePlus 15, among other phones.

So as well as giving us some idea of which Android phones might be next in line to get AirDrop support, this also confirms that it won’t be limited to handsets with Google’s Tensor chipsets.

And we have some idea of specific brands that might support this, as Nothing CEO Carl Pei has also posted on X, saying “we’re already exploring how to bring this to Nothing phones as soon as we can.” Though notably many Nothing handsets have Snapdragon chipsets anyway.

Still, this means we can be almost certain that the Nothing Phone 3 specifically will get this feature, since that’s Nothing’s flagship handset.

The Apple question

Neither of these companies have been very specific about when we might start seeing this feature on more phones, but it sounds like they’re aiming for sooner rather than later, so that’s good news too.

Still, there’s the lingering question of whether Apple will let this continue or whether the company will decide to block AirDrop on Android, as from Google’s press release announcing the feature, it sounds like Apple wasn’t involved in it.

Hopefully Apple won’t block it though, as this is surely good for iPhone owners as well as those on Android.

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