The update, June 10 -- For years, sending a photo from an Android phone to an iPhone meant a workaround: a compressed WhatsApp attachment, a shared Google Drive folder, or a slow Bluetooth connection that moved files as if it were still 2009. That frustration is now fading, phone by phone. The latest Android device to cross that divide is the OnePlus 15, which has quietly begun receiving AirDrop compatibility through Google's Quick Share - though the celebration inside the OnePlus community is already tempered by a pointed question: why only this one?

the rollout coincides with Apple's WWDC 2026, where the company announced the next versions of iOS, macOS, and watchOS, keeping the Apple-Android interoperability conversation at the center...