The passage of an Android smartphone to an iPhone is very intuitive.© Tada Images - Stock.adobe.com

The passage of an Android smartphone to an iPhone can be confusing, but there are many tips for facilitating the transfer of photos, videos, contacts, music, documents ... Discover all the useful information when passing aAndroid phone to an iPhone.

Equivalent native applications

Smartphones are delivered with many preinstalled native applications, which allow users to be able to use them upon reception.These applications specific to Apple, Google or Samsung are often similar, and there are many equivalences between those available on iOS and those available on Android.Among the best known and the most used, we find the applications:

Google native applications (Chrome, Gmail, Maps, YouTube, Drive, etc.) installed by default on Android are available for download in the App Store but are not preinstalled on iPhone.On the other hand, some equivalent applications are, such as Safari, Mail, Plans or Files.

Although the interfaces are slightly different, you should not have dedicated to find your bearings on these applications which offer almost the same features.

The particularities of the iPhone

The passage of an Android smartphone to an iPhone can sometimes be disturbing due to certain peculiarities specific to Apple.Indeed, unlike Android, iOS is a very closed operating system, which is often limited to the Apple ecosystem to protect data.Recent iPhone has neither USB connectors nor Jack audio output, because the firm has always favored the use of its own connective system, called Lightning.This connector present on all iPhone allows both recharging, connection to a computer (which goes almost exclusively through the official iTunes software) and the audio output.

Very complete for everything related to Apple features, the Siri voice assistant nevertheless offers few interactions with third -party applications unlike Android vocal assistants.Please note, on iPhone Local storage is limited (ranging from 128 GB to 512 GB for iPhone 13), and does not offer an extension possibility via a micro-SD card.You can get additional online storage space thanks to the iCloud cloud computing service.

If the Apple ecosystem limits possible interactions with external systems, everything is done to facilitate internal connections.It is thus very simple to share files from one apple device to another thanks to the Ardrop functionality for example.Also note that brand products and services are very easily interconnectable (iPhone, Mac, iPad, Airpods, HomePod, Apple Watch, Appletv, etc.).

To facilitate navigation while maintaining a high level of security, Apple offers to use the Face ID facial recognition system in many situations: to unlock the phone, to pay with Apple Pay, for sensitive passwords (type applicationsbanking) ...

Transfer data with migrate to iOS

Apple allows Android users to be able to simplify their passage to an iPhone, thanks to the migrer to iOS application.It is possible to download it for free from the Google Play Store, or to install it directly from the official Apple website.Migrating to iOS is designed to automatically transfer your messages, photos and others from an Android device to any iOS device (with at least iOS 9).

Find the entire steps to follow to make the transfer:

New smartphone: how to transfer your data

If you meet the slightest mistake, wait until the operation stops, then restart your two devices and relaunch the operation.Do not carry out any other operation in parallel during the transfer (be careful not to open a application or answer a call for example).In the case where other problems arise, you can consult the Apple help pages.

Manually transfer photos, emails, contacts, music, documents ...

Migrating to iOS is not the only transfer solution available to recover your data.Indeed, emails, contacts, photos, music or documents can be transferred via other methods.

To recover your emails, contacts and calendars from services such as Google (Gmail), Microsoft (Outlook, Hotmail, Live) or Yahoo, you can connect directly from your iPhone settings.Indeed, in the Settings application, go to email then in account and finally click add an account.You can then choose the messaging concerned and enter your identifiers to configure the account and recover your data.

On the music and photos/videos side, you have to go through iTunes, the free Apple digital multimedia library reading and management software.The first step is to transfer these files from your Android device to your computer, then import them into iTunes (respectively in photo and music categories).Once your iPhone is connected and synchronized to Apple, select the files you want to import and check the boxes synchronize the music and synchronize the photos from.You can then find them in dedicated applications on your iPhone.

Finally, the other documents, such as Doc, Excel, PDF files ... can be transferred via iCloud and automatically synchronize in dedicated Apple applications (pages, number, keynote, files), or in certain third -party applications.

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