So, what about other devices? It’s still pretty hard to say why Google hasn’t just opened the floodgates and released AirDrop support for all Android phones – that’s certainly what a lot of users are clamoring for. But it could simply boil down to hardware and which devices have the needed support. Max Weinbach, analyst for Creative Strategies and occasional 9to5Google contributor, noted on Twitter/X that supporting this feature requires a “chipset level networking tweak,” and that not all devices have support. Lower and mid-range devices are apparently “especially” unlikely to get support, wh
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… All three phones share similar hardware under the hood, so unless there’s a difference in networking capabilities that falls in the Pixel 8a’s favor – which, to be clear, is not likely – the rest of the Pixel 8 series is likely also in the works. Will my phone get AirDrop support? …
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