Or it is only possible via AirDrop?

  • Lasherz@lemmy.world
    3·
    6 months ago

    At work we do a lot of transfers between android and iPhone and vice versa. We use Verizon Content Transfer installed on both phones because it plays nice between brands and offers bluetooth/wifi transfer reliably. Verizon affiliation not required.

    • ryujin470@fedia.ioOP
      3·
      6 months ago

      That’s what I was trying to do. But without third-party software. I tried and didn’t work…

      • Lasherz@lemmy.world
        4·
        6 months ago

        In my line of work, if third party is free and works just fine with no downsides we don’t continue pursuing a better option or we’d go insane.

      • Lasherz@lemmy.world
        3·
        6 months ago

        Fwiw just saw this slide in the new android update. I’m not sure if it would work on iOS or if it would instead direct you to a Google app.

  • nocturne@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    6 months ago

    I know that can send via Bluetooth, before I dropped my windows laptop for a MacBook I used to transfer files via Bluetooth to my laptop.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
      13·
      6 months ago

      I believe OP isn’t asking a question about which radios files can be transferred over, but rather is it possible to use Bluetooth File Exchange, which is part of the Bluetooth protocol stack, for receiving files on iPhones.

        • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
          91·
          6 months ago

          You think it was stupid? It was obviously an intentional choice to influence people to pester their friends to get Apple devices so it will ‘just work’

            • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
              5·
              6 months ago

              No, it was clever from a business decision. Unethical, but strategic. ‘Stupid’ would imply it was a mistake, or not considered properly.

              • paperplane@lemmy.world
                2·
                6 months ago

                Should also be noted that macOS does support Bluetooth File Transfer natively, so they did already implement it elsewhere.

    • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world
      31·
      6 months ago

      This is not accurate. It uses BT to establish the connection and then it transfers the data over peer to peer WiFi, which is why it’s so much faster than Bluetooth File Transfer.