Google unveiled a Quick Share SDK at the Android Dev Summit 2026 that lets Android and iOS apps embed the peer‑to‑peer file‑sharing flow directly. The move expands a feature that has lived behind the Pixel phone curta…

The SDK arrives as a single download in the Android developer console and includes iOS bindings, meaning a single codebase can trigger the same low‑latency, Wi‑Fi‑direct transfer on both platforms. Google’s announceme…

For engineers, the impact is immediate. An app that previously forced users to email a file or scan a QR code can now hand the payload to a nearby device with a tap. The cross‑platform nature also levels the playing f…

Google Messages is rolling out a new app icon that swaps the flat blue bubble for a subtle gradient. The change lands in the latest automatic update on both Android and the web client, and it aligns the messaging app …