Android may soon get the Tap to Share feature. The evidences were spotted in the leaked builds of One UI 9 and Android 17 system-level code.

Sanuj Bhatia is a Features and News writer for Pocket-lint, specializing in smartphones and wearables. He also keeps a keen eye on smart home gadgets, TVs, and everything in the Apple ecosystem.

According to the latest release notes for Google Play services, Android phones will be getting a “new local file backup feature” powered by Google Drive. “Local file backup” sounds like a ...

Google updated its Google System Services Release Notes page today and it introduces a new feature that adds some sort of local file backup via Google Drive. The specifics around how it works are ...

Android users frustrated by clunky workarounds when sharing files with iPhone owners are finally seeing progress. File sharing has long been a pain point for users who move between Android and Apple ...

Mobile Aware: Google surprised everyone when it added support for Apple's AirDrop sharing technology to its Pixel 10 family late last year. The feature, which makes it far easier to share data between ...

Google Expands AirDrop-Style File Sharing to More Android Devices Your email has been sent Google confirms Quick Share’s AirDrop-style sharing is expanding beyond Pixel to more Android devices in 2026 ...

One of the changes that we've seen in phones over recent years has been more control over the file systems. Having previously hidden away a lot of the local storage structure, Android and iOS now both ...

Do not fall victim to this new attack. Here’s something new to worry about over the holidays. Android ransomware attacks have now started — yes, you read that right. Your phone is instantly locked ...

Other than the addition of tabs, Windows' file Explorer hasn't felt meaningfully improved in a long time. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

A new Android update lets Pixel 10 users send files to iPhone through Quick Share without the usual workarounds. Here's how it works. Google started rolling out the feature on November 20, 2025 as a ...

Google today announced a new cross-platform feature that allows for file sharing between iPhone and Android users. With AirDrop on the iPhone and QuickShare on Pixel 10 devices, there is a new file ...