The long-rumored “Switch to Android” app for iOS users was surreptitiously uploaded on the App Store last week, according to TechCrunch. The program allows users to transfer crucial data from an iPhone to an Android device, such as contacts, calendars, photographs, and movies. Despite the fact that the app was technically ready, it was not yet “officially” available to App Store customers via search or discovery techniques. According to Google, this is changing now. According to Google, the Switch to Android app began rolling out to the public on Monday evening at 6 p.m. PT. According to the corporation, this procedure will reach 10% of users by the end of the day on Tuesday, April 19, and 100% of users over the next few weeks.
The software, according to reports, supports all of the same data formats as Google Drive. Before, Google’s recommended procedure for switching from iPhone to Android included backing up contacts, calendars, images, and videos via the Google Drive iOS app. The new Switch to Android app performs the same process, but Google claims it is “faster and more streamlined.” Google also provides a mechanism to physically link devices so that more stuff, including as music, audio, backgrounds, alarms, call logs, device settings, and free apps, may be moved. However, the new app’s App Store description claims that it may be used to make transfers instead of “fussy wires.”
In addition to transferring data, the new Switch to Android software includes instructions on how to deregister iMessage so that you may continue receiving texts on your new Android smartphone. Over the following few months, Google says it will add support for new data types to the app.
When transferring data from an iPhone to a Google Pixel smartphone, the new software will initially support Google Pixel devices as the destination device, but more OEMs will be included later. The rollout comes as part of Google’s ongoing efforts to make it easier for consumers to migrate their content to its platform and services via backend enhancements. This includes a recent upgrade to the Google Photographs app that allowed users to copy photos from competing cloud storage services like iCloud, Facebook, and others to Google Photos.
