Google could soon make sharing files from Android to iPhone much easier

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Quick Share on Android is the equivalent of AirDrop, enabling files to be easily transferredbetween Android devices, Chromebooks, and Windows – and there are signs thatGoogleis planning to add support for iPhones, iPads, and Macs.

As spotted by the team atAndroid Authority, a comment left by a Google engineer on code essential to Quick Share mentions iOS and macOS specifically – a comment which would make more sense if an app for these platforms was in the works.

It’s not the biggest of hints, but there could be something to it. There’s already an officialQuick Share for Windowsapp, so it’s not too much of a stretch to imagine Google rolling out additional apps forAppledevices along the same lines.

As yet there’s no official word from Google about this, but we’ll let you know if that changes. Quick Share was originally called Nearby Share, and havinglaunched out of beta in 2020, is now available on the majority of Android phones and tablets.

It’s good to share

Apple wouldn’t build something like this into its own software of course, so it would require iPhone, iPad, and Mac owners to download a separate app for this to work – which might be something of a stumbling block.

However, users with an Android phone who also make use of an iPad or Mac, for example, would most likely be happy to download and install another app if it meant more seamless file sharing between all of their devices.

As pointed out over on9to5Google, there are already third-party tools available to do the same job. An official option from Google would probably offer a more convenient and seamless experience though (like Google’s tools forswitching to iOS).

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You might remember that earlier this year Google andSamsungcombined bothof their sharing protocols to improve file transfers between Pixel phones and Galaxy phones – and iPhones could be next on the list.

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Dave is a freelance tech journalist who has been writing about gadgets, apps and the web for more than two decades. Based out of Stockport, England, on TechRadar you’ll find him covering news, features and reviews, particularly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to ensure our breaking news coverage is the best in the business over weekends, David also has bylines at Gizmodo, T3, PopSci and a few other places besides, as well as being many years editing the likes of PC Explorer and The Hardware Handbook.

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