Google quietly launched a new iOS application called switching to Android that allows users to move their data from the iPhone to an Android smartphone. This application is currently in an unregistered stage, which means it cannot be found using the App Store search feature, and vice versa can only be accessed through a direct link to the list. This application allows users to transfer photos, videos, calendar entries, and contacts from iPhone to Android devices via a wireless connection. Apple has offered a similar application called moving to iOS which facilitates Android users to move their data to the iPhone. With that, there is a major difference between the two applications.
The new switch to the Android application does not support message migration, while the Apple application supports the message transfer. The App Store list for the new Google application only mentions “deadly iMessage so you don’t miss the text messages from friends and family.” Before the transfer process starts, users will be asked to flick off for certain data types (photos, videos, calendars, and contacts) they want to move from their iPhone to the Android handset. However, this stage only facilitates the movement of media files stored locally. In the next steps, users will be asked to transfer their iCloud files to Google Drive or photo application.
The app’s promising, but needs more polish
After the user approves the Cloud Data Transfer, they will be taken to a browser-based permit page where they need to select the “Transfer copy of your data” option. It seems that the Google application is still ongoing work, because there are some features that don’t work at this time. As seen by 9to5Google, when the application was first launched on the iPhone, it showed a prompt to scan the QR code from an Android phone, but it didn’t seem to work in the current situation. The QR code system is likely to make a hotspot that connects two cellphones wirelessly.
In addition, this application still loses two important elements: the ability to transfer messages and applications from the iPhone to an Android phone. The latter makes sense due to platform restrictions, but in the process, users also take the risk of losing all the cached data associated with the application if they have to install it back on Android – and, of course, there is a complicated job to sign for the most part from them. The iMessage section deactivates, this ensures that if the message arrives during the transfer process, it does not disappear. Google has not updated its official switch to the Android website to enter applications, and there is no information about public launch, which may be, may occur after the company sends all its shortcomings.