AirDrop has lengthy been an iPhone unique — a seamless, fast, and environment friendly strategy to switch recordsdata between iPhones, iPads, and Macs (except it decides to cease doing that every so often). Android customers have watched from the sidelines for years, however that’s altering quick.
Final 12 months, Google engineered AirDrop compatibility into its Fast Share platform. The characteristic debuted on the Pixel 10 sequence. The Galaxy S26 sequence turned the primary Samsung lineup to choose up on it. Nonetheless, now, the corporate is pushing the characteristic additional in its smartphone portfolio, and the reasonably priced Galaxy A sequence telephones are subsequent.
Screenshot | Google
Which finances Galaxy A sequence telephones are getting AirDrop?
Of us over at GalaxyClub found the “Share with Apple units” menu on a number of non-flagship Samsung telephones after putting in the up to date model of Fast Share (13.8.51.58), Fast Share Agent (3.5.22.24), and Fast Share Connectivity (1.5.13.15) from the Galaxy Retailer.
The record of smartphones consists of the Galaxy A56, Galaxy A36, and Galaxy A55, Samsung’s stable mid-range units that usually retail effectively under the flagship value level. What’s much more fascinating is that the older Galaxy S sequence flagships, together with the S22, S23, S24, and S25, additionally seem on the confirmed record.
Are you able to sideload AirDrop in your Galaxy smartphone proper now?
You probably have any of the Galaxy smartphones talked about above, you’ll be able to technically set up AirDrop compatibility in Fast Share. Nonetheless, you’ll need to sideload the Fast Share Extension (1.0.874307641) and the extensions I discussed above (all three) to allow the characteristic on supported telephones.
Even so, precise file transfers to iPhones aren’t reliably working but, particularly outdoors the Galaxy S26 sequence. What’s bizarre is that the newly launched Galaxy A37 5G and A57 5G are absent from the record totally, regardless that they run One UI 8.5.
