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Send videos from iPhone to Android

Send videos up to 1 GB from your iPhone to your Android without compression. No app or account.

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There’s no AirDrop on Android and no Quick Share on iPhone, so the two can’t send to each other directly. Videos are the hard part: a minute of 4K phone video is a few hundred megabytes, far over email limits, and chat apps compress it.

The quick way, with fdrop

  1. 1

    Open fdrop.cc on the iPhone

    Open fdrop.cc in Safari, tap the drop area, choose Photo Library and pick the videos.

  2. 2

    Open fdrop.cc on the Android

    On the same Wi-Fi, the videos appear under “On your network” automatically. Anywhere else, send yourself the link fdrop gives you.

  3. 3

    Download

    Downloads go to the Download folder and usually show up in your gallery app.

fdrop “On your network” list on an Android phone showing a photo, a video and a PDF sent from an iPhone
What the Android sees: everything sent from the iPhone on the same Wi-Fi, ready to download.

Other ways, and their catch

iCloud Photos

Turn on iCloud Photos on the iPhone, wait for it to upload, then sign in at icloud.com in Chrome on the Android phone.

Good: Automatic once it’s set up. Catch: Only 5 GB free, uploads can take a long time, and you have to sign into your Apple ID on the other device.

Google Photos

Back up the videos with Google Photos on the iPhone, then open the app or photos.google.com on the Android.

Good: Works across any platforms. Catch: Uploads everything first, needs your Google account on both, and Storage saver backups are compressed.

WhatsApp or Telegram to yourself

Send it to your own chat (Message yourself in WhatsApp, Saved Messages in Telegram) and open WhatsApp or Telegram on the Android.

Good: You probably have the app already. Catch: WhatsApp compresses photos and videos unless you send them as a Document or pick HD, and it fills your chat history.

Email it to yourself

Attach it (or paste it) in an email to yourself and open the email on the Android.

Good: Works on every device. Catch: Gmail attachments stop at 25 MB and Outlook.com at 20 MB, so most videos won’t fit.

Good to know

Questions

How do I send videos from iPhone to Android without a cable?

Open fdrop.cc on both devices, pick the videos on the iPhone and download them on the Android. No app or account needed. Of the built-in options, iCloud Photos is the closest, with the trade-offs listed above.

Will the videos lose quality?

No. fdrop doesn’t compress, resize or re-encode anything. The only change can come from the iPhone itself, which may hand Safari a JPEG copy of HEIC photos depending on your settings.

Do the iPhone and Android need to be on the same Wi-Fi?

Only for the automatic “On your network” list. If the Android is somewhere else or on mobile data, copy the link fdrop gives you and open it there.

Do I need to install an app?

No. fdrop runs in Safari on the iPhone and Chrome on the Android. Nothing to install and no account.

How long do the files stay online?

2 hours by default. Pick 1 hour, 1 day, 7 days or 30 days before uploading, or delete them yourself at any time from the device you uploaded on.

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