The EU wants Apple to open AirDrop and AirPlay to Android and other platforms
A new mandate from the EU may force Apple to open AirDrop and AirPlay, among other features, to Android and other platforms.
To have these features be universal across all device types would be so amazing. iPhone, android, Mac, and Windows should all have the ability to transfer files and stream media. It should be simple
Digital Living Network Alliance. It could've been great, if not for companies like Apple cannibalizing it.
My girlfriend has an iPhone, and the storage is full. We've been trying to get all her pictures transferred off to delete some of the older ones off the phone and holy fuck is it a pain in the ass. Move them to her MacBook? Pain in the ass because of how they setup their Photos app. Move to a flashdrive via a dongle? Pain in the ass because it downloads from who knows where and fills the storage back up before I can start the transfer. Connect to my Windows PC? Lmao yeah right.
So far I've just gotten Immich to backup all her pics to my server but due to the amount on her phone it takes forever then bugs out and stops transferring.
iOS can eat my entire ass
Syncthing-Fork on a PC/Mac, Möbius Sync on the iOS device (it's $5). Worth the five bucks. I keep multiple phones, hundreds of gigs syncing with Syncthing. It just works.
Edit: Syncthing-Fork is for Android, SyncTrayzor for Windows, Möbius for iOS, Syncthing for Mac.
iOS can eat my entire ass
Let's rename it to iOAss
I tried to share a contact yesterday from Android to Apple. Quick share doesn't work. QR code doesn't work.
I had to get their phone number and send it over SMS in text. Ridiculous.
Knowing Apple, they'd likely make a bare bones functionality somewhat workable while making it more of a pita than it's worth.
Local Send and Quick Share is the answer
It's a part of Android and comes pre-installed if you are on a phone running the latest Android Version
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Share
I am not sure if it is a part of AOSP so custom Roms, or phone brands without Google apps support like Huawei, may not include it
Nope they only work on the same wifi. They dont use bluetooth to find a device and then send files directly to eachother over wifi. They connect over a wifi router
The new Matter casting protocol should in theory reduce some of this proprietary-ness of Google’s Chromecast and Apple’s AirPlay
Yes, but actually no. Apple loves to create their own new thing regardless of existing standards, so I don’t see why they would ever integrate this when AirPlay exists. That’s why forcing them to open up their proprietary protocols is so important. Since they won’t adopt open standards, it would at least mean others could implement Apple’s.
Android Beam was so much cooler and easier to use than Quick Share
Apple should sell chips for that, :)
