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Ask it to move a\nphoto from an Android phone to an iPhone and it simply won't: AirDrop is\nhard-wired to Apple's ecosystem. The good news is that \"AirDrop\" has\nbecome shorthand for ",[33,34,35],"em",{},"quick local file sharing",", and that problem has\nseveral real solutions. Here are four, ranked by how little you have to\ninstall.",[38,39,41],"h2",{"id":40},"table-of-contents","Table of Contents",[43,44,45,53,59,65,71],"ul",{},[46,47,48],"li",{},[49,50,52],"a",{"href":51},"#method-1-plainapp-no-app-on-the-iphone","Method 1: PlainApp — no app on the iPhone",[46,54,55],{},[49,56,58],{"href":57},"#method-2-localsend-an-app-on-both-sides","Method 2: LocalSend — an app on both sides",[46,60,61],{},[49,62,64],{"href":63},"#method-3-plainicu-no-app-on-either-device","Method 3: PlainICU — no app on either device",[46,66,67],{},[49,68,70],{"href":69},"#method-4-a-cloud-drive-when-nothing-else-is-possible","Method 4: A cloud drive — when nothing else is possible",[46,72,73],{},[49,74,76],{"href":75},"#choosing-between-them","Choosing between them",[38,78,52],{"id":79},"method-1-plainapp-no-app-on-the-iphone",[29,81,82,83,87],{},"PlainApp runs on the ",[84,85,86],"strong",{},"Android"," phone only. It starts a secure web\nserver on your phone; the iPhone connects to it with Safari over the\nsame Wi-Fi. Nothing is installed on the iPhone, and because it's a web\nportal, an iPad, a PC, or a Mac can join exactly the same way.",[29,89,90],{},[84,91,92],{},"Steps:",[94,95,96,103,110,113],"ol",{},[46,97,98,99,102],{},"Install PlainApp on the Android phone (Google Play, F-Droid, or\nGitHub) and tap ",[84,100,101],{},"Start",".",[46,104,105,106,102],{},"Note the address it shows, like ",[107,108,109],"code",{},"https:\u002F\u002F192.168.1.5:8443",[46,111,112],{},"On the iPhone, open Safari and go to that address. Accept the\ncertificate warning — the connection is encrypted with a self-signed\ncertificate.",[46,114,115],{},"Android → iPhone: browse the phone's files in Safari and download\nwhat you need. iPhone → Android: use the upload area to push photos\nor files the other way.",[29,117,118,119,102],{},"Both directions work, transfers stay on your local network, and there\nare no file-size limits. The full walkthrough (with what else the web\nportal does) is in ",[49,120,122],{"href":121},"\u002Fairdrop-for-android","AirDrop for Android: send files to PC in\nseconds",[38,124,58],{"id":125},"method-2-localsend-an-app-on-both-sides",[29,127,128],{},"LocalSend is an open-source, peer-to-peer file sharing app with real\niOS support, plus Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. If you move files\nbetween many combinations of devices and want one consistent tool,\nthis is the sturdier pick — discovery is handled inside the apps, with\nno account and no cloud.",[29,130,131],{},[84,132,92],{},[94,134,135,138,141],{},[46,136,137],{},"Install LocalSend from the App Store on the iPhone and from Google\nPlay on the Android phone.",[46,139,140],{},"Open the app on both devices; they find each other on the same\nWi-Fi automatically.",[46,142,143],{},"Pick the target device, attach files, send.",[29,145,146,147,102],{},"The cost is symmetric: an app on every device. A closer comparison of\nwhat you give up and gain is in ",[49,148,150],{"href":149},"\u002Flocalsend-alternative","LocalSend alternative: file transfer\nplus phone management",[38,152,64],{"id":153},"method-3-plainicu-no-app-on-either-device",[29,155,156,157,163,164,167],{},"Sometimes you don't want to install anything at all — a friend's phone,\na borrowed laptop, a one-off send. ",[49,158,162],{"href":159,"rel":160},"https:\u002F\u002Fplain.icu",[161],"nofollow","PlainICU"," (from\nthe PlainApp team) is a browser-only transfer page: open\n",[84,165,166],{},"plain.icu"," in a browser on both devices, and they discover each\nother on the same network. Files then travel directly between the two\ndevices over an encrypted WebRTC connection — the site's server only\nintroduces the two devices and never touches the file bytes.",[29,169,170],{},[84,171,92],{},[94,173,174,181,184],{},[46,175,176,177,180],{},"Open ",[49,178,159],{"href":159,"rel":179},[161]," in a browser on the Android phone.",[46,182,183],{},"Open the same address on the iPhone (Safari works fine).",[46,185,186],{},"Once both devices appear, drag and drop or pick your files — they\ntransfer straight to the other device.",[29,188,189],{},"No install, no account, no file-size limit. The trade-offs: it needs\nboth devices on the same network, and it moves files only — it is a\ntransfer page, not a phone manager.",[38,191,70],{"id":192},"method-4-a-cloud-drive-when-nothing-else-is-possible",[29,194,195],{},"When the two devices aren't on the same network at all, a cloud drive\n(Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive) is the fallback: upload from the\nAndroid, open on the iPhone. It works everywhere, but notice what you\ntrade for it — the file leaves both devices, uploads over the internet,\nand lands on storage you don't control. For sensitive photos or large\nvideos, it's also the slowest option of the four.",[38,197,76],{"id":198},"choosing-between-them",[200,201,202,218],"table",{},[203,204,205],"thead",{},[206,207,208,212,215],"tr",{},[209,210,211],"th",{},"Situation",[209,213,214],{},"Use",[209,216,217],{},"Why",[219,220,221,233,244,254],"tbody",{},[206,222,223,227,230],{},[224,225,226],"td",{},"One-off transfer, nothing on the iPhone",[224,228,229],{},"PlainApp via Safari",[224,231,232],{},"Full phone access from the browser",[206,234,235,238,241],{},[224,236,237],{},"Regular sharing across many devices",[224,239,240],{},"LocalSend",[224,242,243],{},"One consistent native app everywhere",[206,245,246,249,251],{},[224,247,248],{},"Nothing installed anywhere",[224,250,162],{},[224,252,253],{},"Both sides are just a browser tab",[206,255,256,259,262],{},[224,257,258],{},"Devices on different networks",[224,260,261],{},"Cloud drive",[224,263,264],{},"The only option that crosses networks",[29,266,267],{},"A note on the phrase \"AirDrop for Android online\": web-based relays\nlike Snapdrop once filled this niche, but the original project is no\nlonger maintained. PlainICU is the same browser-based idea — any\ndevice, nothing to install — kept current. PlainApp goes further: your\nown phone is the server, so nothing passes through anyone else's\ninfrastructure and you get full phone management, not just transfers.",{"title":269,"searchDepth":270,"depth":270,"links":271},"",3,[272,274,275,276,277,278],{"id":40,"depth":273,"text":41},2,{"id":79,"depth":273,"text":52},{"id":125,"depth":273,"text":58},{"id":153,"depth":273,"text":64},{"id":192,"depth":273,"text":70},{"id":198,"depth":273,"text":76},"How-To","2026-08-26","AirDrop refuses to talk to Android by design. Here are four methods that actually move files between an Android phone and an iPhone — including one that needs no app on the iPhone, and one that needs no app anywhere.","md",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fairdrop-android-to-iphone","8 min read",{"title":24,"description":281},"AirDrop doesn't work between Android and iPhone. 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