Based on 9to5Google, the most recent developer take a look at constructed (Canary) of Android features a new function that ought to make it simpler to modify between iPhone and Android units. The corresponding function on iPhones ought to roll out in a coming iOS 26 replace.
We first wrote about this final 12 months, when the EU was forcing Apple to make a variety of concessions round the way it locks clients into its merchandise. One was the flexibility to fully take away Safari from iOS and let browsers use their very own rendering engine (within the EU), however one other, maybe now not EU-specific, was a function to make it simpler for iPhone and Android customers to modify units.
Google has an Android Swap app for iOS and Apple has a Transfer to iOS app on Android, however a clearer, simpler, and extra dependable methodology is required. Apple and Google have been working collectively on an answer, and shortly you’ll be introduced with an choice to maneuver out of your Android machine or iPhone throughout the machine setup course of.
We don’t but know what the function appears like or the way it works on both the iPhone or Android facet. However the thought has all the time been to seamlessly transfer throughout the person’s core accounts, knowledge like images and movies, and bookmarks. It’s unclear if it would go additional than that—switching from iPhone to Android or vice versa means transferring passwords and passkeys, contents of a digital pockets, and extra. The brand new methodology is alleged to supply help for transferring extra knowledge sorts between units than the present switch apps do.
