- Snapdragon and Nothing have both announced plans to support AirDrop
- That means the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S25 and Nothing Phone 3 could get this feature soon
- Although there is still a chance that Apple may decide 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. Right now this only works with Google Pixel 10 series devices, but we’re now learning about other Android phones that may soon support this.
The biggest news here is that the Snapdragon X account has written “can’t wait for people to use this once it’s enabled on Snapdragon in the near future.” While this doesn’t mention any specific phones, a large number of Android handsets have Snapdragon chipsets, so this could mean that many or even most of them will soon support this.
Big names under that umbrella include Samsung Galaxy S25, Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus, Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge and OnePlus 15 among other phones.
Can’t wait for people to use this once enabled on Snapdragon in the near future. https://t.co/IUvT23p5pq21 November 2025
So, in addition to giving us an idea of which Android phones might be next in line to get AirDrop support, this also confirms that it won’t be limited to handsets with Google’s Tensor chipset.
And we have an idea of specific brands that might support this, as Nothing CEO Carl Pei has also written on X, saying “we’re already looking into how we can bring this to Nothing phones as soon as we can.” Although especially many Nothing phones still have Snapdragon chipsets.
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 we can. pic.twitter.com/dg9llVPA2I20 November 2025
Still, this means we can be almost certain that the Nothing Phone 3 will specifically get this feature, since it’s Nothing’s flagship handset.
The Apple Question
Neither of these companies have been very specific about when we might start seeing this feature on more phones, but it sounds like they’re aiming for sooner rather than later, so that’s good news too.
Yet there is the lingering question of whether Apple will allow this to continue or whether the company will decide to block AirDrop on Android, as from Google’s press release announcing the feature it sounds like Apple was not involved.
Hopefully Apple won’t block it though, as this is sure to be good for iPhone owners as well as those on Android.
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