Google is making it easier to switch from iPhone to Android

In Brief

Google announced connected Wednesday a caller migration acquisition built straight into Android 17 that should easiness the power to Android from an iPhone. The diagnostic lets users wirelessly transportation much information types from an iPhone without needing to download a abstracted app, Google says.

By simplifying the onboarding process and supporting much information types, the tech elephantine is looking to little the barriers to switching smartphone ecosystems arsenic it aims to pull much iPhone users.

With this caller method, users tin transportation photos, videos, contacts, messages, calendars, and newly-supported information types, including their Google Account, passwords, Wi-Fi credentials, and adjacent their eSIM, erstwhile switching from an iPhone to Android.

The upgrade has already started rolling retired to prime Pixel devices, and it’s besides disposable connected the caller Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 and Z Fold8 series, which were unveiled today. The caller migration method volition besides travel to much Android devices soon, Google says.

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