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Quick Share just got a trick that makes cross-platform file sharing almost painless.

Nadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends

Sharing files between Android and iPhone has always been a pain, but Google is quietly fixing that. The company launched a new Quick Share feature that made Android devices compatible with Apple’s AirDrop, allowing users to easily transfer files between iPhones and Android devices .

However, not all Android devices have the hardware to support Quick Share-AirDrop compatibility, which means not all Android smartphones can access this feature. To solve this problem, Google announced a new QR code-based file-sharing system, which allows any Android device to transfer files to iPhones.

How does it work?

With this new method, an Android phone generates a QR code for sharing files.…