A new mandate from the EU may force Apple to open AirDrop and AirPlay, among other features, to Android and other platforms.
  • FiniteLooper@lemm.eeEnglish
    28·
    11 hours ago

    To have these features be universal across all device types would be so amazing. iPhone, android, Mac, and Windows should all have the ability to transfer files and stream media. It should be simple

    • Zwiebel@feddit.orgEnglish
      71·
      6 hours ago

      You know bluetooth has been able to do just that since like 2005

    • BigDaddySlim@lemmy.worldEnglish
      93·
      7 hours ago

      My girlfriend has an iPhone, and the storage is full. We’ve been trying to get all her pictures transferred off to delete some of the older ones off the phone and holy fuck is it a pain in the ass. Move them to her MacBook? Pain in the ass because of how they setup their Photos app. Move to a flashdrive via a dongle? Pain in the ass because it downloads from who knows where and fills the storage back up before I can start the transfer. Connect to my Windows PC? Lmao yeah right.

      So far I’ve just gotten Immich to backup all her pics to my server but due to the amount on her phone it takes forever then bugs out and stops transferring.

      iOS can eat my entire ass

    • Serinus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      7 hours ago

      I tried to share a contact yesterday from Android to Apple. Quick share doesn’t work. QR code doesn’t work.

      I had to get their phone number and send it over SMS in text. Ridiculous.

    • Ton the Supermassive@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      10 hours ago

      Yay for local send! Anyone knows if there’s a way to use it while I have VPN on on one the devices ? I usually have to turn it off while sending things…

    • XNX@slrpnk.netEnglish
      21·
      9 hours ago

      Nope they only work on the same wifi. They dont use bluetooth to find a device and then send files directly to eachother over wifi. They connect over a wifi router

      • Anivia@feddit.orgEnglish
        3·
        9 hours ago

        Quickshare absolutely does find other devices over Bluetooth and then send the files over a direct wifi connection between the 2 phones. I’ve used it that way tons of times