Android 17 Can Copy More Data From iPhone Including Your iMessage History and Homescreen
The upgrade adds iMessage history, passwords, passkeys and eSIM transfer as Google starts rolling it out to a small share of Android 17 devices.
- Google introduced a significant update to its Android Switch migration tool within Android 17 today, streamlining the transfer process from Apple iPhones to Android devices.
- Wireless-First functionality eliminates the need for special cables, allowing users to transfer extensive data including SMS, MMS, RCS, iMessage history, Wi-Fi credentials, and Apple Notes attachments.
- Paul Dunlop, Google's Product Lead for Android Onboarding and Android Settings, said the company collaborated with Apple on new APIs enabling seamless Google Account, eSIM, and in-app data transfers.
- Dunlop says the update is rolling out to a "small percentage" of Android 17 devices, which for now means only Google Pixel phones.
- The improvements will expand "over the coming weeks and month," with non-Pixel devices also receiving these upgraded migration features from Google.
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Google has revised its "Android Switch" tool for Android 17. The move from iOS to Android should now be wireless and with significantly more data possible.
With Android 17, Google completely revises its way of transferring your data from an iPhone to an Android smartphone, and it changes everything.
Switching from an iPhone to Android will soon take much less effort. Android 17 greatly improves data transfer, up to recover the historical iMessage and the organization of the home screen.
Android 17 Offers Upgraded Android Switch Tool With Support for Transferring iMessages, Passkeys, Passwords and Alarms
Android 17 introduces a new version of Android Switch that enables faster and “more comprehensive” migration to Android from other platforms, including Apple’s iOS, Google’s Product Lead for Android Onboarding and Settings, Paul Dunlop, announced on Wednesday. Now, users will no longer have to download a standalone app, like Switch to Android, to migrate from iOS to Android. The company says that Android Switch is now built directly into both pl…
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