AirDrop support is coming to Samsung Galaxy S26 devices

Samsung is the latest Android brand to confirm AirDrop support, enabling easier photo and file sharing with iPhones and Apple devices, but don’t get too excited just yet.

To start with, only the Samsung Galaxy S26 range will support AirDrop. Other devices will come later, but the feature will come to the company’s new phones, like the Galaxy S26 Ultra, first.

Secondly, and perhaps most crucially to those of us in the Southern Hemisphere, Samsung’s AirDrop support is limited to Korean users. For now, at least.

According to Samsung’s overseas announcement, AirDrop comes to Korea first, followed by Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, Latin America, North America, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan. Australia doesn’t get a specific mention, but it’s fair to assume that we’ll get the feature eventually, but there’s no set timeline currently.

With the announcement, Samsung joins Google in supporting direct wireless file transfer with Apple devices. Google added AirDrop functionality to its Pixel 10 range late last year, addressing demands for “a simpler way to share files between devices”.

Typically, Android users can send files between devices within close proximity using Quick Share. But this doesn’t extend to Apple devices, which rely on AirDrop, a different technology that previously hasn’t been cross-brand compatible.

Now, there’s a growing push for better compatibility between platforms. For the Android devices beginning to support AirDrop, it’s housed within the existing Quick Share settings menu.

Along with Samsung’s announcement is a quick video demonstrating how the AirDrop functionality works. Under Quick Share is a separate toggle labelled ‘Share with Apple devices’. Once enabled, the Samsung handset can send and receive files with Apple devices.

It’s quicker than sending an email or a cloud link, and there’s no image degradation associated with non-RCS messages. Stay tuned for when the feature comes to Australia.

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