"It's pretty rare when a cool new gadget feature gets announced that you can try right away on your own devices. But that's exactly what happened yesterday when, out of the blue, Google announced it had engineered a way to bring AirDrop interoperability to Pixel 10 phones - all without Apple's involvement. After the news dropped, an update started rolling out that enabled the feature, arriving first for the 10 Pro and 10 Pro XL, which I have on hand."
"My first and most consequential use case: getting a picture of a receipt from the Pixel phone to my work MacBook, something I have to do at least once a month. If I happen to be on iOS, that's easy - I just AirDrop it. When I'm on Android, I use a work-around like Slacking myself, or, god forbid, putting it somewhere in Google Drive and praying I can find it on the other side. Is our national nightmare finally, kind of, over?"
Google engineered AirDrop interoperability for Pixel 10 phones without Apple involvement, enabled via a recent system update. The rollout started with the Pixel 10 Pro and 10 Pro XL and required installing a specific system app from the Play Store. After initial snags and a restart, file transfers from Pixel 10 devices to iPads, MacBooks, and iPhones worked reliably. The capability allows direct sharing of photos and files, eliminating workarounds like messaging, Slack, or cloud sync for quick transfers. The feature significantly simplifies cross-platform file sharing between Pixel 10 devices and Apple hardware.
Read at The Verge
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