Xiaomi is the latest manufacturer to add support for AirDrop on Android

Fergus Halliday - Digital Content Editor

Last updated 03 June 2026

Another major device maker has rolled out support for AirDrop on Android, with Xiaomi announcing that support for faster file-sharing with Apple smartphones has arrived alongside the latest version of HyperOS.

“AirDrop is now available on Quick Share. Fast, seamless sharing of photos and files to Apple devices,” the company confirmed in a post on social media.

Once set up, consumers using a Xiaomi smartphone running the latest version of HyperOS are able to use the Quick Share feature as they would with any other Android device. Whatever iOS device they're looking to connect to will need to open its AirDrop settings and adjust its visibility to Everyone for 10 minutes first, though.

For now, the list of Xiaomi devices supporting the feature appears to be limited to just the new Xiaomi 17T Pro. As more of the manufacturer’s handsets get upgraded to HyperOS 3, that list is expected to grow.

Xiaomi is the fifth major Android manufacturer to roll out support for the feature. However, many others have yet to join in on the fun. Ahead of this year’s Google I/O Developer conference, Google confirmed that it was looking to expand support for the feature to additional manufacturers, including OPPO, OnePlus, Vivo, Xiaomi, and HONOR.

Since then, some brands – like Motorola and HMD – have remained conspicuously silent on obvious questions like if or when their devices might offer support for this new feature. Meanwhile, others – like Nothing – have sent mixed messages.

Back in November 2025, Nothing CEO Carl Pei announced plans to bring the feature to the company’s smartphones.

“AirDrop is now compatible with Android! This is the kind of progress we need to see. We’re already exploring how to bring this to Nothing phones as soon as we can,” he said.

In the months since, no such support has materialised. Instead, the company launched its own file-sharing app – called Nothing Warp – back in April 2025.

With this latest move by Xiaomi, though, it sounds like the tide is turning and that support for AirDrop on Android is becoming less of an exception and more of the rule.

Fergus Halliday

Digital Content Editor

Fergus Halliday is a journalist and digital content editor at WhistleOut Australia. He’s written about technology, telecommunications, gaming and more for over a decade. He got his start writing in high school before interning at magazines like CRN Australia and freelancing for publications like the AU Review, Gizmodo, Kotaku, GamesHub, Press Start, ScreenRant, Superjump, Nestegg, and more.

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