Google Just Made It Easier to Switch From iOS to Android via an app. As of April 2022, Google decided to silently launch their new iOS app that made the whole exercise of switching from an iPhone to an Android smartphone even less nerve-racking. The name of the app is even straightforward switch to Android.
Google Just Made It Easier to Switch From iOS to Android
Just as stated by the SlashGear article reporting this development, then switching to the Android app would allow users to wirelessly transfer data straight from their iPhones to an Android device. As great as this seems, the data was restricted to only photos, videos, calendar entries, and even contacts.
The app also was unable to carry out some cross-platform text messages and app-cache transfers. This basically meant that the users that decide to make the switch from their Android to iPhone would need to forgo their old text messages and saved app settings.
Switch to Android
The app lacking this feature was truly not the downside of this app. The annoying part that made this feature even more frustrating was the fact that it only supported moving from an iPhone to a Google Pixel Device. The thing is pixel mobile devices only contributed to a fraction of the Android world, and most of the users that are looking to make the switch, unfortunately, did not purchase a pixel device.
Well sooner or later, Google finally decided to make the switch, and it seems like Google has opened up the switch to the Android app in other to support data transfer from iPhones to all smartphones that are running on Android 12 and even newer.
Features of the Switch to Android App
From Google’s blog post announcing the launch of the switch to Android for all Android devices that are running on Android 12, it is now becoming obvious that Google wants people to view it as a great method of making the switch.
While an iPhone to Android Switch was already possible thanks to the wired methods without a dedicated app, Google now wants people to make use of this single app for both wired and wireless data transfer options.
Switch to Android on the App Store
Once the data transfer method has been selected, they would be required to download the switch to the Android app straight from the iOS App Store. Once it has been installed, the app would further guide the users through the whole data transfer process and it would prompt all of them to grant all the required permissions for a smooth data transfer process.
Even after Google decided to expand the collection of Android devices that could support the switching app, tons of users would not be able to make use of this tool mainly because a vast majority of Android users continue to use devices that are running on Android 11.
