Google has quietly released a free iOS app to help you easily transfer data from iPhone to Android device, supposedly at 9to5Google. The Switch To Android app works wirelessly, which means you won’t have to worry about connecting the two phones together with a single cable.
“The Google Switch to Android app helps you transfer the most important types of data — photos, videos, contacts, and calendar events — quickly and securely — to a new Android device without cumbersome cables,” according to the app description. In the App Store. This list doesn’t include messages, so it seems the app won’t be able to transfer those messages, although it does instruct you on how to disable iMessage so you don’t miss text messages from friends and family.
9to5Google say this The app is not includedAnd that seems to be the case as I can’t find it when searching the App Store on my iPhone. However, you can download it now from This is the direct link. Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment on when the app will be officially listed on the App Store.
If you want to get an idea of how the app works in practice, check this out 9to5 Google Hands-on video:
Apple has offered a similar app to help users switch from Android to iPhone, called Transfer to iOS Since 2015.
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