Google lastly launched its “Swap to Android” app to the iOS App Retailer, with a twist. The app is presently unlisted, and the one option to entry it’s by going on to the shop web page.
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We’ve been ready patiently since final 12 months for this app. Early indicators from the Android “Information Restore Device” mentioned the app existed, and now we all know what it may possibly do.
Google already has a web site arrange for switching from iOS to Android. The method is usually guide although and requires you to make use of Google Drive to backup your recordsdata, and it doesn’t switch issues instantly from iCloud.
The brand new app does, nonetheless, with a guided course of for exporting your whole essential knowledge. That features directions to show off iMessage so that you don’t miss messages, and a connector to iCloud so Google can routinely migrate your photograph and video library to Google Pictures.
Let’s not neglect that Apple’s comparable app that helps you turn from Android to iOS has existed since 2015. That’s a seven-year head begin on Google, which solely just lately determined that it ought to battle again.
It’s value noting that the Swap to Android app isn’t obtainable to obtain presently, so perhaps the App Retailer itemizing is a placeholder forward of an official announcement.
Will this app be sufficient to scale back the friction when shifting out of Apple’s ecosystem? We’re not so positive. I imply, Apple has higher interoperability with its different {hardware} traces, together with audio gadgets, and arguably higher third-party creation apps.
Google has an uphill battle to get an Apple consumer to change, and it is aware of it.
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