The latest Pixel Drop makes sharing with iPhones® simple.
Sharing photos and videos with others brings us closer. Now an update to Quick Share in the latest Pixel Drop brings your Pixel closer to your friends’ Apple® devices.
The latest Pixel Drop2 introduces a Quick Share update that, starting with the Pixel 10 and Pixel 9 family, brings your Pixel closer to your friends’ Apple® devices.
We’ve all been there: You capture the perfect group photo on your Pixel, and your friend with an iPhone® asks for it. When it comes to sharing moments, what kind of device you have shouldn’t matter – sharing should just work. And now that Quick Share works with AirDrop®3, it does.
With the Pixel 10 or Pixel 9 series phones, sharing is open to everyone with a compatible device. Quick Share makes it possible to quickly share your photos, videos, and files to compatible iPhones,® iPads® or Macs®.4
First, make sure your Pixel 10 or Pixel 9 is up to date. Then open the Settings app and search for Quick Share. Under Who can share with you, choose Contacts to share with people listed in your Contacts app, or Everyone for 10 minutes, which automatically reverts to your previous selection to protect your privacy.
When you’re ready to send a file to a compatible iPhone,® iPad,® or Mac,® ask the recipient to set their AirDrop® visibility to Everyone for 10 minutes. Then open the content on your Pixel, tap Quick Share, and select their device from the list. To receive a file, make sure your Pixel is set to Everyone for 10 minutes so the sender can find you.
Quick Share is just the beginning
From smarter notifications to new ways to edit photos, see everything else that landed in the latest Pixel Drop.
Quick Share is just the beginning
From smarter notifications to new ways to edit photos, see everything else that landed in the latest Pixel Drop.
You can share across devices with confidence knowing we built this feature with security at its core. An independent security assessment by NetSPI, a leading penetration testing firm, found that connections between Quick Share and AirDrop® are secure and do not leak any information. Transfers require your approval, so you’re in control of what you receive. And a direct peer-to-peer connection means your data is never routed through a server, no extra data is shared, and shared content is never logged.
Great content shouldn’t be trapped by an operating system. With Quick Share in the new Pixel Drop, moving data between Android and iOS®5 is simple.
Available on Pixel 9 phones and Pixel 10 phones (excluding A-series). Availability subject to
change. Compatibility supported only by Google. Compatible devices required (seeg.co/android/quickshare for details). Must be within Bluetooth distance. AirDrop, iPhone, macOS
and iPadOS are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. iOS is a trademark or registered trademark
of Cisco in the U.S. and other countries and is used under licence.Pixel updates for 7 years from when the device first became available on the Google Store in the US. See
g.co/pixel/updates for details.AirDrop is a registered trademark of Apple Inc.
iPhone, iPad, and Mac are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.
iOS is a trademark or registered trademark of Cisco in the U.S. and other countries and is used under license.