Google just made a shocking announcement: Android’s Quick Share now works with Apple AirDrop. For many years, Apple users have complained that they can’t easily AirDrop files to their Android friends, pressuring Android users into buying iPhones. So for Google to come out and say they’re rolling out an update that makes Quick Share compatible with AirDrop is huge news.
Amidst today’s news blitz, there was nary a peep from Apple about its role in making AirDrop compatible with Quick Share. You would think that such a big interoperability play would involve Apple. After all, Google and Apple worked in tandem to bring RCS messaging and unknown tracker alerts to both Android and iOS. However, it seems that Apple had no interest in helping Google make Quick Share compatible with AirDrop.