Samsung's OneUI Beta Tips Apple AirDrop Support For Older Galaxy Phones

Samsung’s OneUI Beta Tips Apple AirDrop Support for Older Galaxy Phones

Last updated: 2026/04/06 at 2:02 PM

News Room Published 6 April 2026

After introducing AirDrop support for the Galaxy S26 series last month, Samsung is reportedly prepping to bring the feature to older phones soon, including the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and the Galaxy S22, S23, S24, and S25 series.

Apple’s AirDrop enables quick wireless file transfers between devices without an internet connection. Android phones get a similar convenience with Quick Share, but a cross-platform solution between Apple and Android was missing until recently.

In November, Google rolled out an update to Quick Share that enabled Pixel 10 phones to connect to nearby iPhones for file sharing. The same capability was extended to the Galaxy S26 series, and now some users are seeing the feature on older Galaxy phones.

Last week, X user Tarun Vats reported that the feature might arrive with OneUI 8.5 Beta and shared a screenshot of updates to Quick Share and its modules. Comments under the post suggest that at least a couple of users spotted the Share with Apple Devices option in Settings. However, the feature wasn’t functional yet, and it disappeared after a while. This indicates Samsung may still be in the early stages of testing.

The One UI 8.5 beta program already included the Galaxy S25 series, Z Fold7, and Z Flip7 when Samsung expanded it to more devices last month—including the S24 series, Z Fold6, Z Flip6, S25 FE, S24 FE, and Galaxy Tab S11—in select markets, including the US. “The beta program will extend to more Galaxy devices in April,” it said at the time. You can register for the beta program in the Samsung Members app.

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Eric Kay, Google’s VP of Android engineering, also said in February that more devices would get the capability this year. Nothing and Qualcomm are among the other brands that have shown interest. Once available, Galaxy users will be able to enable it from Settings > Connected Devices > Quick Share > Share with Apple Devices.

Samsung, meanwhile, recently announced it will kill its in-house Messages app in July. It also recommended that existing users switch to Google Messages to gain support for RCS messaging and other features.