Your older Pixel phone may finally be getting Quick Share AirDrop support

Pixel 7 and Pixel 8 users are starting to see surprise AirDrop alerts. Your older Pixel phone may finally be getting Quick Share AirDrop support. Google starts bringing AirDrop Quick Share support to older Pixels.

On the Pixel front, that’s included phones from the Pixel 8a on up, but earlier today we learned of a possible expansion to the Pixel Tablet. We’re now also getting reports of Pixel 7 and Pixel 8 users seeing notifications of this new support. Devices that won’t play nicely together suck.

Sometimes incompatibility is the design goal, trying to lock you into one ecosystem or another. Other times it’s a glitch, or even just developer callousness. But however it starts, we’re always glad to see it come to an end.