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I think nowadays on Android it's called QuickShare, and it works. But I believe the fragmentation and awareness is a part of the problem for Android.
by simonmales 7mo ago
I think nowadays on Android it's called QuickShare, and it works. But I believe the fragmentation and awareness is a part of the problem for Android.
- eigenspace 7mo agoCan't QuickShare cross-platform. My wife has an iPhone and my desktop and laptop are linux, so QuickShare is a non-solution for me.
- vrganj 7mo agoQuickShare is compatible with AirDrop these days, thanks to EU regulations: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/the-eu-made-apple-adopt-new-wi-fi-standards-and-now-android-can-support-airdrop/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/the-eu-made-apple-ad...
- eigenspace 7mo agoOne Android phone supports it so far, and it's widely expected Apple will find some way to lock it out or at least delay more support.
- vrganj 7mo agoGlass half empty kinda guy, huh? :-)
- eigenspace 7mo agoNot generally, I just don't have that specific phone that has implemented the workaround, and so this isn't a solution for me. Apple has consistently done everything it can to self-sabotage their implementations of stuff to comply with EU anti-trust legislation like the stuff with digital marketplaces, so I'm not holding my breath on this.
- reaperducer 7mo agoit's widely expected Apple will find some way to lock it out I suppose that is "widely expected" from the usual group of anti-Apple internet griefers looking for a reason to moan in public, rather than actually doing some research or knowing things. To quote a sibling comment: "Apple contributed the core logic to the Wi-Fi Alliance to build Wi-Fi Aware, which they now also support."
- Gigachad 7mo agoI don’t think this article is actually accurate. It seems like Google just reverse engineered airdrop rather than Apple changing the tech they use. Because quickshare works with all airdrop devices now. Not just ones recently updated.
- Xantier 7mo agoWhich alternatives are you using for AirDrop on Linux? I haven't been able to find a good one for this yet.
- eigenspace 7mo agoLocalsend and KDE Connect
- chasil 7mo agoI used to use Nitroshare, but Localsend has supplanted it.
- coldstartops 7mo agoI've built my own, called KEIBIDROP :D but did not release the mobile apps let https://github.com/KeibiSoft/KeibiDrop https://github.com/KeibiSoft/KeibiDrop
- lukeschlather 7mo agoWith Linux it's very easy as long as you're okay going offline - just make an ad hoc wifi network, have the other device connect to it, then you can do whatever (Localsend, host a local webserver on the linux machine, whatever.)
- olyjohn 7mo agoKDE Connect works pretty great for sending files, though you do have to be on the same network.
- davsti4 7mo agorquickshare works on Linux and is 99% reliable for me, but I don't have a suggestion for iOS devices since I don't use them. https://github.com/Martichou/rquickshare/releases https://github.com/Martichou/rquickshare/releases
- sica07 7mo agoThis is what rquickshare documentation says: "Wi-Fi LAN only. Your devices need to be on the same network for this app to work." So no, it's not an AirDrop replacement.
- raxxorraxor 7mo agoProblem is that only notebooks/tablets and few pcs have bluetooth, which is used for the handshake for AirDrop. If we had good mobile OS I bet we would have a solution for both... Personally I just use wifi/smb for file transfer and hate it when someone comes with their iPhone and isn't able to send a file to me.
- Melatonic 7mo agoDidn't they just announce compatibility between specific Android devices and iOS airdrop using Quickshare recently ?