{"id":203350,"date":"2025-11-27T17:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T17:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/203350\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T17:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T17:14:12","slug":"googles-airdrop-workaround-is-doing-something-screwy-with-wi-fi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/203350\/","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s AirDrop workaround is doing something screwy with Wi-Fi."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Nov 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s AirDrop workaround is doing something screwy with Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"kqz8fh1\" href=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_20251127-165012.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" data-pswp-height=\"1383\" data-pswp-width=\"2076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Screenshot of Pixel 10 Pro Fold Quick Share menu, with no Wi-Fi connection.\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"x271pn0\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_20251127-165012.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just opening this menu was enough to kill my Wi-Fi connection, but returning to the home screen made it reconnect. 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