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Samsung:

Samsung is introducing AirDrop support to the Galaxy S26 series, making it easier for users to share content between devices using Quick Share.

The feature will begin rolling out from March 23, starting in Korea and expanding to more regions including Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, Latin America, North America, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan. AirDrop support will initially be available on the Galaxy S26 series, with expansion to additional devices to be announced at a later date.

I presume, but don’t know for certain, that Samsung is using the same reverse-engineered implementation of AirDrop that Google announced for its Pixel 10 phones back in November, and for which Google offered a wee bit of technical details to vouch for the security of the implementation. A month ago, Google expanded support to the Pixel 9 generation.

Apple has, to date, not commented on any of this. I get the feeling there’s nothing they can do about this without breaking AirDrop compatibility between existing Apple devices. It would be kind of funny if AirDrop — never intended as a public protocol — becomes a de facto standard, but FaceTime — which Steve Jobs impulsively announced would become an official standard at its introduction in 2010 (to the complete surprise of both Apple’s legal and engineering teams) — never does.