This feels illegal

It was the EU, not google.

'Google found a way'

@MKBHD Google didn't "find a way". The EU mandated Apple to allow this. Would be cool if you mentioned that more clearly.

Remember to thank the European Union.

"Google" didn't find a way. The EU forced Apple to allow it

Place your bets: Over or under 10 days until Apple blocks this?

Over

Say thank you EU

Very legal thanks to EU's DMA.

Apple will find a way to lower the quality of anything dropped by an android. Kind of like they do with iMessage videos. 😆

Tech guy who doesnt know that this happened because EU forced Apple to allow this?

I sincerely hope Apple won't ruin this feature; it's a basic requirement in 2025 that every device should support file sharing between them.

This should have been the norm long ago. All phones must be able to communicate with each other through a secure protocol, regardless of design principles or architecture. We can't have separate ecosystems that hold users hostage to tech bureaucracy and privilege.

@SheriefFYI , @Voidnullz will you two thank the EU now? Or will the agenda continue?

Partly thanks to the eu?

Let me translate - ALL android phones could share files easily and only apple was trying to wall in it's customers. And now they can join the rest of civilized world.

EU regulation forced Apple to open the feature up.

Android users with that victory smirk on their faces. iPhone users right now:

"I love iPhone for its ecosystem" users right now:

Apple after watching this video…

Always when there is bad regulation „eu is stupid and dead” and when there is a very good regulation „Google found a way”

Say thank you EU 🇪🇺

credit where credit is due

It's the EU.

Unless Apple decides to block Quick Share from working with AirDrop. Hopefully they won’t.

Thank you EU. Say it influencer boi. Who should you thank? Exactly!

Until Apple blocks it, they can't allow Google to break into their walled garden. That would ruin their whole strategy of money first, customer last.

It was due to a new EU regulation that forced Apple to open the protocols underlying AirDrop

Apple won't call it a block; they will label it a security patch. Friction is not an accident in their ecosystem; it's the business model. Breaking the wall invites users to leave the garden.

I’m having flashbacks to when Palm reverse-engineered iPod syncing in iTunes.

You're welcome

"Google found a way..." Meaning the E.U. forced Apple to open the Air Drop.

Thank the EU!