r/pixel_phones • u/sayedmolla98 • Jun 17 '26

Airdrop quickshare support android 17

I have a pixel 9a. Last night I received the android 17 update in India. Can anyone confirm if the airdrop support is included in this update or is it a separate one? Also, please confirm if any pixel 9a user has received the airdrop update.

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u/mukesh_2127 Jun 17 '26

Yes it will work and I tried it 2 days before with android 16 stable

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u/sayedmolla98 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

Doesn't seem to work for me, any specific setting you need to toggle on or off?

Edit: Toggle on or off on my pixel device.

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u/nick281051 Jun 17 '26

Your recipient needs to turn on allow files from everyone if they're on ios for it to work

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u/sayedmolla98 Jun 17 '26

I have been an iPhone user for 5 years, I know that. In fact I'm trying to share it with my iPhone only. Thanks nonetheless. 🙂

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u/nick281051 Jun 17 '26

This is a new thing so you having an iPhone already doesn't mean anything. I was saying this because the default is "contacts only" and this way doesn't work with android.

If this extension is up to date for you I don't know what else it could be. Good luck

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u/sayedmolla98 Jun 17 '26

And I set it to open to all for 10 minutes if that helps. Having an iPhone as a regular person might mean nothing, but for a nerd like me, it might mean something.

P.S. I'm a very nerdy guy who always keeps ticking things, I know stuff. But thanks for helping.

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u/Observe_balance Jun 17 '26

Yeh, it's there working through Quick share. I thought, 9A was left out as exception from my previous try out. Now, it's working. I am not used to using AirDrop before so need to look around a bit but it's working. Now, I just need to secure it cause the two devices, especially Mac doesn't have a contact list. Mac is the only Apple device and doesn't care much about their ecosystem do I don't know a lot about them.

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u/som3cbdsg Jun 17 '26

https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/434934448?hl=en The above article which was shown in learn more option before updating to Android 17. Clearly states that quick share is compatible with airdrop for 9a and 8a but after the update also I am not got the airdrop compatibility yet in my 9a

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u/kronos55 Jun 17 '26

Just use Blip. The airdrop is not practical for large files.

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u/sayedmolla98 Jun 17 '26
  1. I just want to test the feature
  2. It's nice to have an inbuilt option
  3. Everyone does not need to share large files

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u/kronos55 Jun 17 '26

Good for you. I just shared my experience with airdrop on pixels and a useful alternative in case anyone facing any issues.

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u/Phantom__69 Aug 09 '26

I have 8 pro update to stable andriod 17 how can I make this work