In transient: It’s now simpler for iPhone customers seeking to make the leap to Google’s platform because the latter has rolled out its Switch to Android app on iOS for all Android 12 telephones (and newer). The app, which beforehand labored with Google Pixels solely, can switch iPhone information like contacts, pictures, movies, calendar occasions and extra, wirelessly or with a lightning to USB-C cable.
In a weblog put up highlighting a few of the causes for switching to Android, Google introduced that its Switch to Android app for iPhone customers was now being rolled out to all Android 12 telephones. While Apple’s ‘Move to iOS’ app has been serving to customers shift to iPhone for years, Google’s reply arrived fairly late and in restricted vogue with the Switch to Android app that solely labored with Pixels, till now.
Android OEMs like Samsung and OnePlus have additionally provided their very own information migration apps (SensibleSwitch, OnePlus Switch) for transferring iPhone and Android content material. However, Google seems to be making its Switch to Android app the only, default expertise for wi-fi and wired transfers.
iPhone information that may be transferred with Google’s app embody contacts, pictures and movies (saved domestically or in iCloud), music (non-iTunes, DRM-free), apps (free model), calendar occasions, alarms, name logs, and messages. The latter includes SMS, iMessage texts in addition to Whatsapp message historical past and media. Of course, you may have to disable iMessage on the iPhone throughout this course of to obtain texts in your Android cellphone sooner or later.
Google additionally notes {that a} copy of information is created for the switch course of, making it secure and dependable. Should something go unsuitable in the course of the switch, there is no danger of information loss because the content material will stay secure on the older machine.
