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Photo: Allison Johnson / The VergeJess WeatherbedCloseJess WeatherbedPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Jess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews.Samsung is bringing AirDrop support to the Quick Share feature on Galaxy devices, starting with the S26 series. The new AirDrop feature will begin rolling out in Korea starting today, according to Samsung, with US devices seeing the option sometime later this week. It will arrive in more regions and on more Galaxy devices “at a later date,” including the rest of North America, Latin America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan.This update will allow Galaxy S26, S26 Plus, and S26 Ultra owners to effortlessly share files with Apple devices over a fast wireless connection. With this, Samsung is now the second Android smartphone brand to offer native AirDrop support on its devices, after Google developed its own Android interoperability solution for AirDrop last year without Apple’s involvement. That support came to the Pixel 10 series in November 2025, and later to the Pixel 9 series in February.AirDrop support on Galaxy devices is not enabled by default. Users can activate the feature by opening the Settings menu and tapping Connected devices > Quick Share > Share with Apple devices. A toggle to enable AirDrop will then appear, alongside information notifying the user that both the Apple and Samsung devices need to have their sharing settings set to “Everyone” mode in order to transfer files between each other.Here you can see the new “Share with Apple devices” option in the Quick Share settings, and the information page that opens when you tap to enable it. 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Samsung has recently introduced native AirDrop functionality to its Galaxy S26 device lineup, a development marking the second Android smartphone brand to offer this feature after Google. Initially rolling out in Korea, commencing on March 23, 2026, this update expands to the United States and subsequently other regions including North America, Latin America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan, with a wider rollout across numerous Galaxy devices planned for a later date. The core functionality centers around facilitating seamless file sharing between Galaxy S26, S26 Plus, and S26 Ultra devices and Apple devices via a fast wireless connection. This initiative positions Samsung as a significant player in cross-platform file transfer, mirroring Google’s implementation through the Pixel line, launched in November 2025 and subsequently available on the Pixel 9 series in February of the same year. Activation of the “Share with Apple devices” feature within the Quick Share settings, accessible via Settings > Connected devices > Quick Share > Share with Apple devices, necessitates both the Samsung and Apple devices being configured with sharing settings set to “Everyone” mode, a critical prerequisite for successful file transfers. This expanded compatibility represents a strategic move by Samsung to enhance the user experience and interoperability of its Galaxy devices within the broader mobile ecosystem.