Google has a secret iOS app that will help you change to Android

Google has quietly launched a free app for iOS that will help you simply carry over information from an iPhone to an Android gadget, as reported by 9to5Google. The Switch To Android app works wirelessly, which means you received’t have to fret about connecting the 2 telephones with a cable.

“The Switch to Android app from Google helps you quickly and securely move your most important data types — photos, videos, contacts, and calendar events — to a brand new Android device without fussy cables,” based on the app’s description on the App Store. That listing doesn’t embrace messages, so it seems the app received’t have the ability to switch these, although it’ll stroll you thru flip off iMessage so “you don’t miss text messages from friends and family.”

9to5Google says that is an unlisted app, and that does look like the case, as I can’t discover it when looking the App Store on my iPhone. However, you’ll be able to obtain it proper now from this direct link. Google didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark about when the app may formally turn into listed on the App Store.

If you need to get an thought of how the app will work in follow, try 9to5Google’s hands-on video:

Apple has provided an analogous app to assist customers migrate from Android to iPhone, known as “Move to iOS,” since 2015.