{"id":472645,"date":"2026-05-07T08:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/472645\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T08:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T08:29:13","slug":"your-pixel-8-phone-is-almost-ready-for-airdrop-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/472645\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Pixel 8 phone is almost ready for AirDrop support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"e_Kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  title=\"google pixel 8 pro hero\"  alt=\"google pixel 8 pro hero\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/google-pixel-8-pro-hero.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Haines \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some Pixel 8 series owners report that their phones have received the Quick Share Extension app.<\/li>\n<li>This app is required for AirDrop interoperability on Android phones.<\/li>\n<li>The feature isn\u2019t active on Pixel 8 phones yet, so you might have to wait a while to share files with iPhones via AirDrop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Google surprised the tech world last year when it announced that Quick Share on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-pixel-10-pro-review-3594047\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pixel 10 series<\/a> would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/quick-share-airdrop-best-thing-for-mixed-device-users-3620446\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">support Apple\u2019s AirDrop feature<\/a>. This meant Pixel 10 owners and iPhone users could natively share files with each other. This functionality has since arrived on the Pixel 9 series and several other Android phones, but it now looks like Google is gearing up to bring this to the Pixel 8 range.<\/p>\n<p>Users on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pixel_phones\/comments\/1t5bma0\/quick_share_extension_now_available_on_pixel_8a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pixel_phones subreddit<\/a> (h\/t: <a href=\"https:\/\/piunikaweb.com\/2026\/05\/06\/google-airdrop-support-quick-share-pixel-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PiunikaWeb<\/a>) report that they\u2019re seeing the Quick Share Extension app on the Pixel 8a and Pixel 8 Pro. These users apparently received the app after the April or May system updates. This app is a prerequisite for Quick Share\/AirDrop interoperability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/andauth.co\/AAGooglePreferredSource\" class=\"e_hm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"e_Kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\"  alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_Kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\"  alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, a couple of Pixel 8 series owners report that Quick Share\/AirDrop support isn\u2019t actually working right now. So Google still needs to flick the switch and enable the feature on these phones. Android Authority contributor AssembleDebug adds that devices also need to have a so-called \u201cmosey_server\u201d file in their firmware as a prerequisite for AirDrop support. But this isn\u2019t present in the Pixel 8 Pro\u2019s firmware. This file is related to the Quick Share Extension app.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the fact that this extension app is now available on Pixel 8 phones means that Google is definitely gearing up to bring AirDrop support to these devices. Our fingers are crossed that this capability lands on Pixel 8 devices sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being part of our community. 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