Samsung has formally confirmed plans to start out rolling out AirDrop help over Fast Share beginning with the Galaxy S26 sequence this week.
Beginning tomorrow, March 23, Samsung shall be rolling out AirDrop over Fast Share help on the Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Extremely. This function first debuted on Google Pixel 10 gadgets in late 2025, increasing to the Pixel 9 sequence in current weeks.
Samsung defined in a be aware shared with 9to5Google and others that the rollout begins on March 23 in Korea, with the US rollout starting “later that week.” Different supported areas will embody Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, Latin America, North America, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan.
“Further Galaxy gadgets” will get AirDrop over Fast Share help afterward, however there’s no particular timeline.
Importantly, and in contrast to Pixel, AirDrop help on Samsung Galaxy is not enabled by default. Fairly, there’s a separate setting discovered beneath Fast Share settings to “Share with Apple gadgets.” On that web page, Samsung explains that Galaxy customers want to inform iPhone customers to make sure “Everybody” mode is enabled, with the identical wanted on the Galaxy machine if recordsdata are being despatched in the other way.
It sounds as if Google’s implementation of AirDrop help over Fast Share may develop even additional within the Android ecosystem quickly, as Oppo additionally not too long ago stated that its gadgets would add help earlier than the top of this month.
Extra on Fast Share:
Comply with Ben: Twitter/X, Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram
FTC: We use revenue incomes auto affiliate hyperlinks. Extra.
