Quick Share is coming to more phones, and expanding into apps

• Google has announced that it’s bringing Quick Share to third-party apps, starting with WhatsApp.
• The company says this solution is useful if your Android phone doesn’t have AirDrop support.
• Google also says it’s bringing AirDrop to plenty more brands later this year, including OnePlus, Xiaomi, and more.

Quick Share is arguably the easiest way to share files between Android phones, Android tablets, and PCs. Now, Google has revealed that Quick Share is spreading to third-party apps.

Google announced that third-party Android apps such as WhatsApp will soon get Quick Share functionality. The company is positioning this as an alternative local-sharing solution for Android phones without AirDrop support.