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Google announces Quick Share tools for Android and iPhone apps

Google will allow application developers to build its wireless file sharing tool directly into Android and iOS applications next year.

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Google announced a software development kit that will allow third-party applications on Android and iOS to integrate its Quick Share file-sharing technology directly, Android Authority and 9to5Google reported. The announcement was made at the Android Dev Summit 2026. The new tools are scheduled for launch in the first half of 2027. [1][2]

The integration will allow developers to embed peer-to-peer file transfer and Tap to Share options inside their own software, according to Android Authority. As 9to5Google noted, users will be able to transfer files within an application rather than opening the full system share menu or full-screen experience first. [1][2]

Quick Share is a wireless peer-to-peer data transfer service originally created by Samsung Electronics. Google collaborated with Samsung in 2024 to merge its Nearby Share tool into Quick Share, making it available on non-Galaxy Android devices, ChromeOS, and Windows computers. Android itself is an operating system developed by Google that was first released in 2008. [7][8]

The upcoming software package aims to make file transfers more convenient across competing mobile operating systems. By providing an iOS development kit alongside the Android version, Google will allow iPhone software developers to use the same direct sharing capabilities. [1][2]

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In short

  • Google announced a Quick Share software development kit at the Android Dev Summit 2026.
  • The new development kit for Android and iOS apps will be released in the first half of 2027.
  • Developers will be able to build peer-to-peer sharing directly into their applications.
  • Quick Share was formed when Google merged Nearby Share into Samsung's sharing service in 2024.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Quick Share will soon work directly in Android and iOS appsAndroid Authority, 1d ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Google will let Android & iOS apps directly integrate Quick Share next year9to5Google, 1d ago
  3. [3]What’s new in Android Nov. 2026 Google System Updates: Android photo backup with Quick Share for Windows9to5Google, 1d ago
  4. [4]Google Is Making Quick Share Work Directly Inside Android and iPhone AppsAndroid Kenya, 1d ago
  5. [5]Quick Share Is Coming Directly to iPhone and Android Apps Next YearAndroid Headlines, 1d ago
  6. [6]Android/iOS Quick Share SDK Slated for H1 2027 Releasejetstream.blog, 1d ago

Background

  1. [7]Quick Share on Wikipedia
  2. [8]Android (operating system) on Wikipedia
  3. [9]Quick Share on Grokipedia
  4. [10]Meta tests Threads Friends feature for private posting with smaller groups FTMQ Tech, 5d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 10 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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