Subj : Loads more Android phones could soon work with AirDrop
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Nov 24 2025 11:30:09

Loads more Android phones could soon work with AirDrop

Date:
Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:14:43 +0000

Description:
Snapdragon-powered phones and Nothing phones could be next in line to work 
with AirDrop.

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on 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 were 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 doesnt 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. Can't wait for people to use this 
once enabled on Snapdragon in the near future. https://t.co/IUvT23p5pq 
November 21, 2025 

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 wont be limited to 
handsets with Googles 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 were already exploring how to 
bring this to Nothing phones as soon as we can. Though notably many Nothing 
handsets have Snapdragon chipsets anyway. AirDrop is now compatible with 
Android! This is the kind of progress we need to see.Were already exploring 
how to bring this to Nothing phones as soon as we can. 
pic.twitter.com/dg9llVPA2I November 20, 2025 

Still, this means we can be almost certain that the Nothing Phone 3 
specifically will get this feature, since thats Nothings 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 theyre aiming for 
sooner rather than later, so thats good news too. 

Still, theres the lingering question of whether Apple will let this continue 
or whether the company will decide to block AirDrop on Android, as from 
Googles press release announcing the feature, it sounds like Apple wasnt 
involved in it. 

Hopefully Apple wont block it though, as this is surely good for iPhone 
owners as well as those on Android. 

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/phones/android/loads-more-android-phones-could-soon-
work-with-airdrop


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