The Pixel 10 series was the first to support AirDrop through Quick Share, and Samsung's latest phones will have it soon as well.

The update to Android's QuickShare function rolls out in the US later this week.

Until now, this capability has been limited to Google Pixel phones, but Samsung announced today that it is coming to the S26 lineup starting tomorrow in Korea and later in the week in the US. Further, the capability will be rolled out to all Galaxy devices "at a later date."

The AirDrop rollout to Samsung's flagship series starts in Korea today, with US devices set to follow later this week before expanding to more regions, including

This news comes just as Samsung pulls its latest Android update for Galaxy S26 users in China and perhaps elsewhere. There’s likely a bug to be ironed out, or maybe this is linked with the new functionality now being offered.

During a recent press conference in Japan, a Samsung executive briefly touched on the subject of AirDrop support coming to Galaxy phones.

Samsung is starting to bring compatibility with Apple's AirDrop to its Android phones via a phased software update. Google announced last November that it was adding AirDrop compatibility to Android's similar Quick Share feature.

Ahead of Unpacked last month, there was some talk of the Galaxy S26 being able to send files over AirDrop using Android's Quick Share feature. Much like

As Google promised, Apple AirDrop sharing is expanding to more Android devices. Samsung announced today that its Galaxy S26 Series is getting AirDrop support through the Quick Share feature. Google first introduced the Quick Share feature on its Pixel 10 phones last year and,

Samsung added AirDrop support to Quick Share on Galaxy S26. Here's how it works and what security risks cross-platform file sharing may carry.