Google just made it easy to switch over to Android. Apple already has an app on Google Play called Move to iOS, which makes moving from Android to iOS easy. Now Google has hit back by adding a ‘Backup’ option to Google Drive. This option is detailed on Google’s Switch to Android website. iOS users can back data up to Google Drive on iOS.
This includes contacts, calendar events, photos and videos. If you then leave iOS and switch to Android, you can access all of that data by simply signing into your Google account.
The eagle-eyed folks over at 9to5Google have spotted some changes to Google’s Data Restore Tool that mentions a “Switch to Android” app for iOS that transfers the data over a Wi-Fi connection between the two devices.
It’s worth bearing in mind that no switch is going to be perfect. Some apps are exclusive to certain platforms, and even where they are not, any paid apps will need to be repurchased for the new platform.
Switching from iOS to Android will also mean losing iMessage, which for many is an unacceptable loss.
Currently, there’s no “Switch to Android” app in the Apple App Store, but it might be worth keeping an eye out for it.
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