After a monumental update allowed Galaxy S26 phones to share with Apple’s iOS devices using AirDrop, some users are reporting that shared images are missing location and camera data.
AirDrop has traditionally been a proprietary system within the same category as iMessage, proving to be a communication hurdle between iOS and Android devices. That’s begun to change recently, as Samsung released the first version of Android’s AirDrop compatibility. The feature is limited to Galaxy S26 series devices for now, since it’s in the early stages.
Proof of Quick Share’s AirDrop infancy is in recent reports stating that images shared from Galaxy phones to iOS devices are missing metadata. The weeks-old report comes from Samsung’s official community forum, where one user notes their shared images are missing both location and lens data.
Samsung responded to the initial complaint, noting the company is working on a fix for Quick Share. They’ve confirmed that during the AirDrop share with Galaxy phones “location information is not transmitted when sharing files with Apple devices.” As for lens data, Samsung claims it’s still investigating whether or not this is a more widespread problem. Another user in that thread confirms lens data is missing.
It’s been some time since this issue was first posted in Samsung’s forum. According to SamMobile, shared images are still missing location data. Lens information, on the other hand, seems to be hanging on during file transfer.
At the time of writing, we were unable to confirm this ourselves. Samsung is expected to patch the AirDrop location bug on Galaxy phones sometime soon. Even still, it’s a brand-new Quick Share function that took quite a bit of time to appear on Android devices. Some bugs are to be expected. Hopefully, it stops there.
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