With iOS 26.3, Apple is making it simpler for iPhone users to transition to an Android smartphone, with new built-in tools for transferring data. The new transfer tool allows an iPhone user to place their device next to an Android device to initiate a transfer process. With the two smartphones connected, users can opt to move over photos, messages, notes, apps, passwords, phone number, and more. Data transfers occur with no need to download and use a separate app, making the process simpler.
  • 4shtonButcher@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    Switching back to Android with a OnePlus was pretty easy last year. Moved stuff and It even matched many of the installed apps. I’m all for making that even better

  • jol@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Honestly, this is the sort of thing hhat gives me more confidence in a product nowadays. If I’m not stuck with a product, and moving away is really easy, there’s less incentive for entshitification.

    Sadly, with only 2 realistic players in the game, this barely makes a difference.

    • naeap@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      I Just pre-ordered the new Sailfish OS phone from Jolla - which is pretty much just Linux

      Hopefully that (and some others) will bring some diversity…

      • aloofPenguin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        Thinking about getting a linux phone/ phone with a degoogled ROM at some point in the future. Do you know if apps like Google Wallet, Samsung Wallet, or any other of those e-wallet apps would work?

  • maam@feddit.ukOPMEnglish
    20·
    3 days ago

    Last week, the European Commission said that Apple and Google designed and implemented the new transfer system to comply with the Digital Markets Act in the European Union, but it is not a Europe-only feature. The new setting is available worldwide in the iOS 26.3 beta, and it can be found under Settings > General > Transfer or Reset ‌iPhone‌ > Transfer to Android.

  • MurrayL@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    3 days ago

    Nice to have the option I guess, but I’ve yet to encounter a platform migration tool that didn’t make a complete mess of something, not to mention the fact they transfer however many years of cruft along with everything else.

    It’s like moving house and bringing all the dust with you.

    I find it’s far easier to just have a clean slate and manually transfer data that matters.