The EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDrop

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• MrSoup@lemmy.zip ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Linux when?

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  • vollkorntomate@infosec.pub ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There’s the research project OpenDrop from a few years ago:

    github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop

    (Disclaimer: I had a student job at SEEMOO and wrote my thesis there, though I was not involved with OpenDrop)

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    • FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Upvote for disclaimers like this. We need more people who openly share potential conflicts of interest:)

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  • Sina@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I just use localsend.

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    • dev_null@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Which is great, but it doesn’t solve the interoperability problem of being ng able to AirDrop shares between someone’s iPhone/MacBook and your Linux/Android

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    • SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Same.

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    We can already rsync, why would we want airdrop?

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    • themurphy@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Because these rules are not about you and me, but are important on a much larger scale.

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    • Kissaki@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      How do you rsync between an android and iOS device? Is it as simple as airdrop?

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  • B0rax@feddit.org ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s only a matter of time now

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    • EtzBetz@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      There is also neardrop

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• TehPers@beehaw.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  For a feature I’ll likely never use, I couldn’t be happier this happened. Great job, EU!

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  • hietsu@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    AirDrop is IMO one of the most useful and straightforward things there is on iOS. Or what do you have that is better than ”just select the things you want to send, click share and select the person near you”? No app installs no nothing, unless the person you are sending to is a total stranger, when they have to briefly allow device visiblity to anyone. Sure you can do this over the internet with many apps you both might have in common but that is totally different than sharing with WiFi speeds.

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    • BCsven@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Android already had WiFi Direct, this change just brings Apple and Android into the same sharing room.

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    • TehPers@beehaw.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I never need to send files or data from my phone to someone else’s phone. All the files I care about are on my PC.

      I’m not saying AirDrop or Quick Share are useless. I’m saying I don’t use them, but do understand they’re used, and I’m glad the support exists now.

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• funkycarrot@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  But Quick Share isn’t actually part of AOSP is it? :(

  Looks like everyone will have to implement this for themselves and it’ll be a mess.

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• imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  can support

  So, it doesn’t yet. (?)

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  • Kissaki@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Quoting the rest text

    Google’s Pixel 10 works with AirDrop, and other phones should follow later.

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  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The manufacturer of the phone obviously needs to actually implement it. So if your phone is old and not using an up to date OS or if they just disable features, then it wont work.

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