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Google released a new app for iOS users to easily move to Android.
With this application, Google launches a response to the Apple platform, “Transfer to iOS”.
Currently, Android and iOS are the ones that dominate the smartphone market.
Google has created a new app called “Switch to Android” so that iOS users can easily switch to Android.a clear response to Apple’s “Transfer to iOS” app.
The mobile device market is largely dominated by Android and iOS, mainly Google’s operating system.
According to data from the technology consultancy IDC and cited by Statista, Android devices accounted for just over 84 percent of units shipped in 2020while Apple iOS devices accounted for the remaining 16 percent.
However, during the first quarter of 2022, the company founded by Steve Jobs earned approximately 71.6 billion dollars from the sale of iPhones worldwidethat is, around six billion more than in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Without a doubt, we are talking about a “war” that is becoming more interesting over the years and, in turn, with the arrival of new mobile devices.
This is the Google app for iOS users to switch to Android
However, Recently, Apple released a new app that would allow Android users to switch to iOS. In response, Google also has its own app ready with the same functions, called “Switch to Android”, which allows users to transfer important data such as photos, videos or contacts to a new smartphone.
It is not that it was not possible before, but with this new app the moving process is facilitated, since Previously, what was done was to download Google Drive on an iPhone device to back up the information and later access it from Android. On this occasion, through a QR code, data transfer will be much simpler.
At present, one can speak of a kind of duopoly in the smartphone market, especially after Windows Phone, BlackBerry, among others have disappeared.
In the end, each of these companies offers its own experience to users. To mention an example, Apple has its messaging app only for iOS users, called iMessage, as well as iCloud, among others that have made consumers decline for the apple company.
With this, Google hopes to strike a blow at Apple; However, this new app is only available through a direct link, since, at the moment, it is not yet in the App Store records.
WhatsApp also has the same function
For whatever reason, there are times when users are forced to change phones and one of the biggest complaints from people is the fact of losing information that they consider valuable.
Given this, various platforms have been modified to such a degree that it is now easier to transfer data from one operating system to another.
WhatsApp is a clear example of this, given that the social network owned by Meta, which has a different version between iOS and Android, already allows Internet users to transfer data such as voice messages, photos, videos or the entire history of a chat from one device to another.