Is this the record for the distance of sharing photos with AirDrop? [Update]

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Therefore, it is completely false.

Is this the record for the distance of sharing photos with AirDrop? [Update]
Is this the record for the distance of sharing photos with AirDrop? [Update]

AirDrop is one of those features of iOS and macOS that surprises first-time users the most. You can select lots of photos or files and send them from one device to another in the blink of an eye. Seriously. The speed with which it sends them is absurdly small.

The distance it keeps running is very long. How long? We haven’t checked yet, but two pilots may have broken the record by transferring a couple of photos in mid-air.

In the video we can see how the main pilot has taken two photos on the flight of Singapore Airlines. He then contacts them to transfer both files via AirDrop . In the options appears SingTriple7 that we suppose means Singapore 777 in reference to the airplane of the airline.

The transfer of the photos occurs without problems although we see some details that we would need to check:

  • The lead pilot has the airplane mode activated, which does not mean that the WiFi radio is turned off.
  • In fact, to make a delivery with AirDrop you need bluetooth and WiFi enabled, but you don’t need to be connected to a WiFi network.
  • The range of AirDrop is supposed to be smaller, but the Singapore Airlines pilot may have used some line of communication from the aircraft to boost the signal. But this is never mentioned.
  • Isn’t there some kind of signal loss due to the plane’s cockpits? Here the use of some signal amplifier makes even more sense.

Of course, it could be a montage and that the photos are actually being sent to an iPhone that is also in the cockpit. In any case, is a curious video . The next time we fly in a plane and have one less than 300 meters away we will have to try it.

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