Sending a bunch of photos or videos from your iPhone to your friend's iPhone is pretty easy. You can just use AirDrop if the two iPhones are near each other, or you can create a shared photo album, which will let your friend access your photos directly from the cloud.Sending photos and videos from one Android phone to another is also easy. For example, you can use Google’s Nearby Share to send pictures if the two Android phones are near each other. Nearby Share is Google’s alternative to Apple’s AirDrop.
However, sending pictures and videos from an iPhone to an Android phone is much more complicated. Here, you can't use Bluetooth or AirDrop. So how do you send photos and videos from an iPhone to an Android phone? Well, we answer exactly this question in this article.Here we have listed a few easy ways that you can use to send files from an iPhone to an Android smartphone. Furthermore, we provide a detailed explanation of each method, allowing you to send the desired photos or videos with ease by simply following the provided steps.
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Send pictures from iPhone to Android via Facebook Messenger, Google Hangouts, Viber, etc.
Probably the easiest way to send a funny photo of your dog from your iPhone to your friend's Android smartphone is via an instant messaging app like Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp.
The most popular messaging apps are available on iOS and Android and are easy to set up on your phone. Furthermore, since the majority of us are already utilizing some of these applications, all you need to do is select an app your friend is also using and send them the photos without any hassle.
However, we must also note that most instant messaging apps downscale the outgoing photo to save data and speed up the process. In other words, the received image will not be of its original quality. If that's not a problem, however, feel free to use the messaging service you like best. For our guide, we have used WhatsApp.
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Send pictures from iPhone to Android via Email
Another way you can send pictures from an iPhone to an Android smartphone is via email. It should be noted that this method is not appropriate for sending large images or videos because email services have an attachment limit and won't let you send the file or files if they exceed the limit. For example, Apple's email service has a 20MB attachment limit, while Gmail lets you attach no more than 25MB per email. However, this method is great if you want to send a few small pictures to your friend and prefer not to utilize a cloud service or instant messaging application.
Here is how to send a picture or video from an iPhone to an Android phone over your iPhone's Mail app.
Option 1: Directly through the Mail app
A quick note: Upon sending the email, the Mail app will ask you whether you want to reduce the size of the files. If you wish, you can choose to reduce the size of the images or send your email with their actual size. However, reducing the size will also worsen the quality of the pictures.
Option 2: Straight from the Photos app
Send pictures from iPhone to Android over the cloud
You can also use a cloud service to send photos and videos from an iPhone to an Android phone. For example, Google Drive and Microsoft's OneDrive have the ability to generate secure links to your images in their full resolution, and the best thing is that these two services are completely free to use. Of course, you have a limited storage capacity. OneDrive only provides 5GB of free storage, whereas Google lets you use 15GB of free storage.
How to send pictures from iPhone to Android using Google Drive
First, you need to upload the photos or videos you want to share to your Google Drive.Now that you have uploaded your photos to your Google Drive, it's time to share them. To share your pictures or videos:
We must also note that you might need to grant access to your friend to see the images. To do that:
- Tap on the three-dot menu of the folder
- Press Manage access
- Under General access, tap on Restricted
- Again tap on Restricted
- Choose Anyone with the link. That will enable every person who has the generated link to access the files inside the folder
Another way to grant your friend access to your files is for them to request access from you. All they need to do is tap on the link and press the Request access button. Then you will receive an email on your Gmail account letting you know that your friend wants to give them access to view the files inside the folder.
To give access:
And now, your friend should be able to see and download the files in your folder.
Share an entire album from iPhone to Android with Google Photos
Google Photos is another service that lets you share pictures and videos with friends. Here, you can create an album with photos and videos and then share it with your contacts. This method is great if you and your friends want a way to constantly share videos and pictures. You can also add new photos and videos directly from within the album.To create and then share an album in Google Photos:
Your friends should now have access to your album. In case the person you want to share the album with isn't on your contact list, you can generate and send a link to your album. To do that, when you are on step 9, don't tap on the search icon. Instead:
The cool thing about using Google Photos to share photos and videos is that you can add more photos to the album later without having to send a new link each time. The people with access can upload photos to your album as well.
Send pictures from iPhone to Android using an app for file transferring
There's an app for pretty much anything nowadays, including for quick and easy file sharing. For our guide, we have used an app called Send Anywhere. This application is reliable and easy to use.
Furthermore, you don't need an account to use it, and it's available on both iOS and Android. The trick to getting it to transfer your files is to have it installed on both devices. Otherwise, it won't be able to establish a connection between the phones. The only downside of this method is that apps like Send Anywhere will probably bombard you with ads.
How to send pictures and videos from iPhone to Android with Send Anywhere
Now, your friend needs to open the app on their Android phone and tap Receive. After that, they need to either enter the 6-digit key or scan the QR code displayed on your iPhone. After that, the files will be transferred.
Send pictures from iPhone to Android using a computer
As long as you have the necessary USB cables on hand, you may copy your images using a computer's file manager and send video from an iPhone to an Android phone, though it's a tad slower. The process is pretty straightforward and requires neither internet access nor the installation of additional hardware onto the iPhone or Android device. We agree that this isn't the most convenient way and is a little bit old school, but it's great for transferring photos and videos large in number or size.
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