- Snapdragon and Nothing have both announced plans to support AirDrop
- This means that the Samsung Galaxy S25 and Nothing Phone 3 could soon get this feature.
- Although it is still possible that Apple decides to block it
Last week, something unexpected happened: Google announced that Android Quick Share would now work with AirDrop, meaning Android and iPhone users could quickly and easily share files with each other. At the moment, it only works with Google Pixel 10 series devices, but now we’re learning about other Android phones that might support this feature soon.
The biggest news here is that the Snapdragon While this doesn’t mention any specific phones, a large number of Android handsets come with Snapdragon chipsets, which could mean many, if not most, of them will support it soon.
Big names under this umbrella include the Samsung Galaxy S25, Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus, Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge, and OnePlus 15, among other phones.
I can’t wait for people to use it once it’s enabled on Snapdragon in the near future. https://t.co/IUvT23p5pqNovember 21, 2025
So, as well as giving us an idea of which Android phones could be next to get AirDrop support, it also confirms that it won’t be limited to handsets powered by Google’s Tensor chipsets.
And we have an idea of specific brands that could support this, as Nothing CEO Carl Pei also posted on X, saying “we’re already looking at how to bring this to Nothing phones as soon as possible.” Although many Nothing handsets come with Snapdragon chipsets anyway.
AirDrop is now compatible with Android! This is the kind of progress we need to see. We’re already looking into how to bring this to Nothing phones as soon as possible. pic.twitter.com/dg9llVPA2INovember 20, 2025
Still, this means we can be almost certain that the Nothing Phone 3 will benefit from this feature specifically, since it is Nothing’s flagship handset.
The Apple question
None of these companies have been very specific about when we might start seeing this feature on more phones, but it looks like they’re aiming for sooner rather than later, so that’s good news as well.
However, there remains the persistent question of Whether Apple will let this continue or whether the company will decide to block AirDrop on Android, based on Google’s press release announcing the feature, it appears Apple is not involved in it.
Hopefully Apple won’t block it, because it’s surely good for iPhone owners as well as those on Android.
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