Google has quietly launched a free app for iOS that can assist you simply carry over knowledge from an iPhone to an Android gadget, as reported by 9to5Google. The Swap To Android app works wirelessly, which means you gained’t have to fret about connecting the 2 telephones with a cable.
“The Swap to Android app from Google helps you rapidly and securely transfer your most vital knowledge varieties — images, movies, contacts, and calendar occasions — to a model new Android gadget with out fussy cables,” in response to the app’s description on the App Retailer. That record doesn’t embody messages, so it seems the app gained’t be capable to switch these, although it is going to stroll you thru the right way to flip off iMessage so “you don’t miss textual content messages from family and friends.”
9to5Google says that is an unlisted app, and that does seem like the case, as I can’t discover it when looking out the App Retailer on my iPhone. Nonetheless, you’ll be able to obtain it proper now from this direct hyperlink. Google didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark about when the app may formally develop into listed on the App Retailer.
If you wish to get an concept of how the app will work in apply, try 9to5Google’s hands-on video:
Apple has provided an identical app to assist customers migrate from Android to iPhone, known as “Transfer to iOS,” since 2015.