For years, sharing a file between an Android and an iPhone felt like trying to mix oil and water. You’d resort to clunky workarounds: sending compressed photos over email, using a generic cloud storage link, or hoping a third-party app would work for both of you. That walled garden is finally crumbling, and the latest news confirms the change is going to be massive.
The revolution started with the Google Pixel 10 series, which made headlines as the first Android smartphones to support seamless file sharing directly to iPhones using the built-in Quick Share feature. But what about the rest of us with non-Google phones? We now have our answer, and it’s coming straight from a key player in the mobile industry.
Can't wait for people to use this once enabled on Snapdragon in the near future. https://t.co/IUvT23p5pq
— Snapdragon (@Snapdragon) November 21, 2025
The Official Word from Snapdragon
The confirmation arrived not through a stuffy press release, but in a modern, public conversation on social media. The official Android account announced the new cross-platform sharing, and in a move that sent a wave of excitement through the tech community, the official Snapdragon account quote-tweeted it with a promising message.
In a post on X, the Snapdragon team stated: “Can't wait for people to use this once enabled on Snapdragon in the near future.”
You can see the confirming post from the Snapdragon X account here.
This simple post does two crucial things. First, it shatters the notion that this groundbreaking feature will be exclusive to Google’s own Tensor-powered devices like the Pixel 10. Second, and more importantly, it gives us a timeline: "in the near future." For the billions of Android users with a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset in their pocket, the wait for easy iPhone sharing now has a visible end date.
What This Means for the Android Ecosystem
Snapdragon's confirmation is the first domino to fall. While MediaTek and Samsung (with its Exynos processors) have yet to make official statements, the industry expectation is that they will quickly follow suit. For a feature like this to be truly successful, it needs universal adoption across the Android landscape. This move by Qualcomm strongly suggests that the underlying framework is being prepared for all major chipset vendors.
This means that whether you're a loyal customer of Samsung, OnePlus, Motorola, or Xiaomi, your next phone—or perhaps even a future software update to your current one—will likely include this bridge to the Apple ecosystem.
Beyond Smartphones: A Connected Future
The potential doesn't stop at smartphones. Given that Quick Share is already integrated into other Android-based devices like tablets and Chromebooks, it’s highly probable that the cross-platform functionality will expand there, too. Imagine effortlessly beaming a document from your Android tablet to a colleague's iPad or sharing a vacation video from your Chromebook to an iPhone without any fuss.
The era of platform-exclusive file sharing is finally coming to a close. While Google led the charge with the Pixel 10, the rapid and public commitment from Qualcomm signals a unified front. Soon, the device you own won't be a barrier to sharing a moment; it will just be a matter of tapping "share."