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Use this hidden iPhone feature to drag-and-drop files, photos, links and text across your apps

The drag-and-drop feature on iOS 15 allows you to quickly send a link via text message or add a photo attachment to an email.

The release of iOS 15 finally brought drag-and-drop to the iPhone ($330 at Amazon) — a feature that’s been available on the iPad ($182 at Amazon) for several years now, thanks to iPadOS15’s various multitasking capabilities. However, it wasn’t one of the highlighted features when the big iPhone update released last year, which is why you may not be familiar with it.

With drag-and-drop on the iPhone, you can move seamlessly between apps to quickly upload photos, send links, share files and more. In a few seconds, you can quickly drag a dozen photos to send via text message or drop a link into an email. In the guide below, we’ll show you everything you can do with the new drag-and-drop feature on iOS 15.

How to drag-and-drop photos and videos on the iPhone

The first way you can use drag-and-drop on iOS is to move images from one app to another. Now, this feature works with any application that allows you to press down on an image to share it, like in Photos, Safari, Twitter and more. For this example, we’ll show you how to drag-and-drop from the native Photos application.

1. Open the Photos app.

2. In grid view, press and hold your finger down on a photo or video, until the quick action menu appears, and then move your finger around so that it floats under your finger.

3. If you want to add more photos to share, use your other finger to tap on any other photos or videos, which will automatically be added to the other photo underneath your finger.

4. Use your other finger to leave the application and navigate to where you want to drop the photo or video.

5. You’ll see a green plus sign on the corner of the photo or video if you can drop it off there.

6. Lift your finger to drop the photo and video.

For example, you could drag the photo into the Mail app, to add it as an attachment, or to the Messages app, to quickly send it via text.

How to drag-and-drop files on the iPhone

The files that live in your Files application, like a PDF, WAV, MP4 or PNG, can also be dragged out of Files and into other applications, like Messages or Mail if you want to share the file, or even another file organizer app if you’re trying to upload the file.

1. Open the Files app.

2. In icon or list view, press your finger down on a file until the quick-action menu appears, and then move your finger around without lifting it so that the file follows your finger.

3. Use another finger to leave the Files app and go to another app.

4. Wait until you see a green plus sign, which means you can drop it there, and then lift your finger to release the file.

If you’re already in the Files app, this is a faster way to share files via text or email.

How to drag-and-drop links on the iPhone

Like with photos, you can also drag-and-drop links from applications such as Safari, Calendar and more. Again, you must be able to press down on the link and have the quick action menu appear to be able to drag and drop it. Here’s how to do it from Safari.

1. Open the Safari app.

2. Press your finger down on any link, until the quick action menu appears, and then move your finger around so the link floats under your finger.

3. Use your other finger to leave the app and lift your finger to drop it elsewhere (only if you see a green plus sign).

You can drop links in other apps such as Messages, Mail, Notes, or any number of social media apps.

How to drag-and-drop text on the iPhone

Finally, you have the option to drag any highlighted text into another app.

1. First, find the text you want to drag-and-drop.

2. Use your finger to then highlight the text, as you would if you wanted to copy it.

3. Then press and hold down on the selection and move your finger around, without lifting it, until the text follows your finger around.

4. Use another finger to leave this app and then drop it elsewhere.

Although copy and paste might be a better (and even faster) option, you do have the ability to drag and drop text on iOS.

If you’re a visual learner, Frederico Viticci, editor-in-chief of MacStories, tweeted a screen recording of the process in June.

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For more, check out everything to know before updating to iOS 15 and everything we didn’t get in iOS 15.

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Google races to put Gemini at the center of Android before Apple’s AI reboot

Google is using its latest Android rollout to position Gemini as the AI layer across phones, Chrome, laptops and cars.

Google is using its latest Android rollout to make Gemini less of a chatbot and more of an operating layer across the phone, browser, car and laptop, just weeks before Apple is expected to show its own Gemini-powered Apple Intelligence reboot at WWDC.
Ahead of its Google I/O developer conference next week, the company previewed a number of Android updates, including AI-powered app automation, a smarter version of Chrome on Android, new tools for creators, a redesigned Android Auto experience, and a sweeping set of new security features.
Alphabet is counting on Gemini to help Google compete directly with OpenAI and Anthropic in the market for artificial intelligence models and services, while also serving as the AI backbone across its expansive portfolio of products, including Android. Meanwhile, Gemini is powering part of Apple’s new AI strategy, giving Google a role in the iPhone maker’s reset even as it races to prove its own version of personal AI on the phone is further along.
Sameer Samat, who oversees Google’s Android ecosystem, told CNBC that Google is rebuilding parts of Android around Gemini Intelligence to help users complete everyday tasks more easily.
“We’re transitioning from an operating system to an intelligence system,” he said.
As part of Tuesday’s announcements. Google said Gemini Intelligence will be able to move across apps, understand what’s on the screen and complete tasks that would normally require a user to jump between multiple services. That means Android is moving beyond the traditional assistant model, where users ask a question and get an answer, and acting more like an agent.
For instance, Google says Gemini can pull relevant information from Gmail, build shopping carts and book reservations. Samat gave the example of asking Gemini to look at the guest list for a barbecue, build a menu, add ingredients to an Instacart list and return for approval before checkout.
A big concern surrounding agentic AI involves software taking action on a user’s behalf without permissions. Samat said Gemini will come back to the user before completing a transaction, adding, “the human is always in the loop.”
Four months after announcing its Gemini deal with Google, Apple is under pressure to show a more capable version of Apple Intelligence, which has been a relative laggard on the market. Apple has long framed privacy, hardware integration and control of the user experience as its advantages.
Google’s Android push is designed to show it can bring AI deeper into the device experience while still giving users control over what Gemini can see, where it can act and when it needs confirmation.
The app automation features will roll out in waves, starting with the latest Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones this summer, before expanding across more Android devices, including watches, cars, glasses and laptops later this year.
The company is also redesigning Android Auto around Gemini, turning the car into another major surface for its assistant. Android Auto is in more than 250 million cars, and Google says the new release includes its biggest maps update in a decade and Gemini-powered help with tasks like ordering dinner while driving.
Alphabet’s AI strategy has been embraced by Wall Street, which has pushed the company’s stock price up more than 140% in the past year, compared to Apple’s roughly 40% gain. Investors now want to see how Gemini can become more central to the products people use every day.
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