AirDrop sharing appears to be expanding beyond Pixel and Galaxy phones

Samsung Galaxy S26 series AirDrop — (Image credit: Christine Persaud / Android Central)

What you need to know

Quick Share with AirDrop support is finally expanding beyond Pixel and Galaxy phones to more Android devices.
Oppo Find X9 Ultra and Vivo X300 Ultra have started receiving support for AirDrop sharing.
You need to enable AirDrop visibility on iPhone for Android devices to detect and share files seamlessly.

Google brought support for sharing files using Android's Quick Share with Apple's AirDrop to its Pixel phones last year, and it now looks like the company is finally expanding the feature to more Android devices.

Ever since Google introduced Quick Share with AirDrop support on the Pixel 10 series, we've been waiting for it to show up on more phones. Since then, it has expanded to the Pixel 9 series and more recently showed up on the Galaxy S26 lineup as well.

Samsung even pushed it to the Galaxy S25 series with the One UI 8.5 update. But outside of Pixel and Samsung devices, there hasn't been much movement until now.

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Oppo launched the Find X9 Ultra last week with a promise that AirDrop support would roll out soon, and it looks like that has already started happening. I've been able to test this myself, sending and receiving files between the Oppo Find X9 Ultra and an iPhone Air without any issues.

Sending a file or an airdrop from Oppo Find X9 Ultra to an iPhone Air — (Image credit: Sanuj Bhatia / Android Central)

When you open the Quick Share settings on the Find X9 Ultra, there's now a banner confirming that AirDrop file sharing is available. It also shows a quick guide explaining how to use it, which mainly involves enabling AirDrop on the iPhone and setting visibility to 'Everyone' for 10 minutes.

Once that's done, the iPhone shows up in the Quick Share menu on Android. You can also receive files the same way by setting your Android device's visibility accordingly.

My colleague Harish Jonnalagadda was also able to use this feature on his Vivo X300 Ultra, which means it's clearly expanding beyond just Pixel and Samsung phones. We still haven't seen it arrive on devices like the OnePlus 15 yet, and neither OnePlus nor Google has confirmed anything around that.

Still, it's great to finally see this feature rolling out more widely. It makes sharing photos, videos, and files between Android and iPhone much easier without needing third-party apps. We'll keep you updated as it continues to expand to more devices.

Android Central's Take

I've tested this feature myself, and it works surprisingly well. It's still a bit slower than native AirDrop-to-AirDrop sharing or even Android-to-Android sharing, but the fact that this feature exists and is expanding beyond Pixel and Galaxy phones is a big win for Android users.

Sanuj is a tech writer who loves exploring smartphones, tablets, and wearables. He began his journey with a Nokia Lumia and later dived deep into Android and iPhone. He's been writing about tech since 2018, with bylines at Pocketnow, Android Police, Pocket-Lint, and MakeUseOf. When he's not testing gadgets, he's either sipping chai, watching football, or playing cricket.