iOS-Android Data Transfer at Setup
Apple and Google are teaming up to make it easier for users to switch between iPhone and Android smartphones, according to 9to5Google. There is a new Android Canary build available today that simplifies data transfer between two smartphones, and Apple is going to implement the functionality in an upcoming iOS 26 beta.
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The collaboration will apparently add “more functionality” and support for transferring data types that are not available to transfer with the current tools.
This is good, but I don’t love that it seems to be a private arrangement between Apple and Google. We should all be able to get a dump of our own data.
The simplified smartphone switching Apple and Google are adopting is an example of how the Digital Markets Act (DMA) benefits users and developers, the European Commission said today. Apple and Google are making it easier for users to switch between iPhone and Android smartphones, adding an option to transfer data from another smartphone during the device setup process.
Apple and Google are implementing this functionality because the DMA requires services to offer effective data portability to avoid data lock-in to an operating system.
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The DMA is also the reason why Apple and Google designed a simplified eSIM transfer solution earlier this year.
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