Changing your cell phone is always complicated, but it’s even more so when you change your operating system, by the way. from an iPhone to an Android mobile or the opposite. Fortunately, over time, more and more advanced tools have emerged to make the process easier, like Switch to Android, which is a few years old.
Switch to Android, Switch to Android in English, it is one of the easiest ways to transfer all your data from iPhone to Android mobile, guiding you not to lose messages, photos or WhatsApp chats. It is an application that you must install on your iPhone and which soon we will call it differentlyalso launching a new icon.
Switching to Android will change the name
Two years after its launch, Google hdecided to change the name to Switch to Androidas they were able to discover by investigating the code of Data Transfer Tool, the Android tool which is responsible for organizing the import of data from an iPhone to an Android mobile.
The Android Data Transfer tool works hand in hand with Switch to Androidon the iPhone, to make the transfer and thanks to it we learned that the application will be called Android Switch instead of Switch to Android, in English. It looks the same, although it’s a shorter name comparable to Samsung’s alternative called the Smart Switch. The Spanish translation seems difficult to shorten, so you can stick with the short English name.
And not only will it change its name, but also its icon. Currently, Switch to Android looks like two mobile-shaped figures with an arrow indicating that data is switching from one to the other. Your new icon is a little more abstract and even more minimalist.
If you are going to switch from an iPhone to an Android mobile soon and you cannot find the application, you may not recognize the new icon, which will be a big arrow with blue, yellow and green circles.
For the rest, to our knowledge, the application will retain exactly the same functions, so it will continue to be the best way to recover your data from your old iPhone on your new Android mobile. Unless your new phone is a Samsung, you should follow the Smart Switch instructions and not use this app.
Via | Android Authority
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