Google to let Android and iPhone apps build in Quick Share next year
Key points
- Google announced a Quick Share SDK at Android Dev Summit 2026.
- An SDK is a toolkit that lets developers add a feature to their own apps.
- Apps on both Android and iOS will be able to build in Quick Share directly.
- Quick Share is Google's peer-to-peer file sharing feature, which sends files straight between nearby devices.
- Google says the SDK is coming next year.
Google plans to let other companies build Quick Share into their own apps, on both Android and iPhone. The company announced a Quick Share SDK at Android Dev Summit 2026. An SDK is a toolkit that developers use to add a feature to their software. Google says it will arrive next year.
Quick Share is Google’s peer-to-peer file sharing feature. It sends files directly between nearby devices. Until now, it has been something a phone offers on its own. With the new SDK, an app could offer Quick Share sharing inside the app itself, without sending people to a separate tool. Android Authority describes the plan as letting developers bake Quick Share directly into their apps.
The announcement covers apps on Android and on iOS, so the feature is not limited to Google’s own platform.
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