- Snapdragon and Nothing have announced plans to support AirDrop
- That means Samsung Galaxy S25 and Nothing Phone 3 could get this feature soon.
- Although there is still a possibility that Apple decides 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 share files with each other quickly and easily. Right now this only works with Google Pixel 10 series devices, but we’re learning about other Android phones that might support this soon.
The biggest news here is that the Snapdragon X account posted saying “can’t wait for people to use this once enabled on Snapdragon in the near future.” Now, while this doesn’t mention any specific phones, a lot of Android phones have Snapdragon chipsets, so that could mean that many or even most of them will soon support it.
The big names under that umbrella include the Samsung Galaxy S25, Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus, Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge and OnePlus 15, among other phones.
I can’t wait for people to use this once enabled on Snapdragon in the near future. https://t.co/IUvT23p5pqNovember 21, 2025
So, in addition to giving us an idea of which Android phones could be next to get AirDrop support, this also confirms that it won’t be limited to phones with Google’s Tensor chipsets.
And we have an idea of specific brands that could support this, as Nothing CEO Carl Pei also posted on X, saying: “we’re already exploring how to bring this to Nothing phones as soon as we can.” Although, notably, many Nothing phones have Snapdragon chipsets anyway.
AirDrop is now supported on Android! This is the kind of progress we need to see. We’re already exploring how to bring this to Nothing phones as soon as we can. pic.twitter.com/dg9llVPA2INovember 20, 2025
Still, this means we can be almost certain that the Nothing Phone 3 specifically will get this feature, as it is Nothing’s flagship phone.
The Apple issue
Neither of these companies have been very specific about when we might start seeing this feature on more phones, but it seems like they’re aiming to do it sooner rather than later, so that’s good news too.
Still, there remains the lingering question of Whether Apple will allow this to continue or whether the company will decide to block AirDrop on Android, based on Google’s press release announcing the feature, it appears that Apple was not involved in it.
Hopefully Apple won’t block it though, as it’s surely good for both iPhone and Android owners.
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