Apple Opens iCloud Shared Albums to Android, Windows Users in iOS 27
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Updated · Droid Life · Jun 8
Apple Opens iCloud Shared Albums to Android, Windows Users in iOS 27
3 articles · Updated · Droid Life · Jun 8
Summary
WWDC 2026 brought a cross-platform Photos change: people invited to an iCloud Shared Photo Album will be able to join and add images from Android and Windows.
iOS 27 is the vehicle for the feature, and Apple showed it during the keynote with a single slide indicating uploads happening through the cloud.
The rollout is not immediate because iOS 27 is only in developer beta, leaving the Android and Windows upload flow still unclear until public and stable releases.
The move extends Apple’s recent interoperability push, following its adoption of RCS support after years of keeping key messaging and media features inside its own ecosystem.