Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10

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Post by abraham » Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 5:04 PM UTC

Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10
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Post by netsharc » Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 5:21 PM UTC

Ah, makes me think of MacOS system 7 days. MacOS formatted the 3.5" disks with its own filesystem, so if you copied a file onto it, and put the disk in a Windows PC (or DOS?), the PC would go "Huh?".

3 decades later, hooray, now we can share files between Android and iPhone!

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Post by moi2388 » Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 5:22 PM UTC

Eww, green files?

/s

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Post by leshenka » Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 5:23 PM UTC

What would it take to make it work when reception is set to "contacts"?

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Post by OptionOfT » Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 5:24 PM UTC

The fact that I get excited about this is actually a good representation much vendor lock there is.

We used to be able to send files over Bluetooth before the iPhone came out.

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Post by mcoliver » Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 5:28 PM UTC

Why only the pixel 10? What piece of hardware is the pixel 9 (one year old) missing?

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Post by p0w3n3d » Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 5:29 PM UTC

mcoliver wrote: post #6

Why only the pixel 10? What piece of hardware is the pixel 9 (one year old) missing?

Yay if you pay additional fee you will maybe get Bluetooth file sending to PC

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Post by evanjrowley » Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 5:30 PM UTC

mcoliver wrote: post #6

Why only the pixel 10? What piece of hardware is the pixel 9 (one year old) missing?

The answer to your 2nd question might be Google's custom silicon: https://blog.google/products/pixel/tensor-g5-pixel-10/

The answer to your first question may simply be they want to sell more Pixel 10 phones.

The investment into custom silicon is more likely to pay off when new and exiting features are exclusive to the newer platform.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 5:30 PM UTC

mcoliver wrote: post #6

Why only the pixel 10? What piece of hardware is the pixel 9 (one year old) missing?

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Post by bilal4hmed » Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 5:31 PM UTC

mcoliver wrote: post #6

Why only the pixel 10? What piece of hardware is the pixel 9 (one year old) missing?

It says starting with pixel 10, so I assume itll roll out to the others after some time

https://security.googleblog.com/2025/11/android-quick-share-...