Google is expanding its cross-platform file sharing feature to additional Android devices, allowing them to transfer files to an iPhone using the AirDrop protocol. AirDrop support for Quick Share is coming to the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold over the next few days. Google announced Quick Share compatibility with AirDrop back in November, but the feature was initially limited to the newest Pixel 10 devices.
The peer-to-peer architecture and no server routing is genuinely solid, but requiring iPhone users to set AirDrop visibility to Everyone for 10 minutes just to receive a file from a Pixel undercuts the multi-layered security pitch Google is making.