Google has soft-launched the “Switch To Android” app for iOS users

According to 9to5Google, Google has discreetly created a free iOS software to make it easier to transfer data from an iPhone to an Android phone. Because it’s wireless, you won’t have to worry about connecting the two phones with a cord when using the Switch To Android app.

You can easily and securely transfer your most critical data types—photos, movies, contacts, and calendar events—to a new Android device with the Google Switch to Android app, as confirmed by the app’s description on the App Store. The description doesn’t include “Messages” in the list. Perhaps it will be impossible for the software to transfer those. However, it will show you how to switch off iMessage so “you don’t miss text messages from friends and family.”

As 9to5Google reports, the app is unlisted and claims it is “only accessible through a direct link which our APK Insight team was able to uncover.” You can, however, get it here.

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. The app also walks you through other important steps to setting up your device, like turning off iMessage so you don’t miss text messages from friends and family. The app will ask you for a series of permissions so that your iPhone’s data can be moved to your Android device. The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

• Location
• Contact Info
• User Content
• Identifiers
• Usage Data
• Diagnostics
• Other Data

 In spite of the new Switch to Android iOS app, it is not able to migrate a user’s apps. Third-party apps may not be able to access all of the user’s data because of restrictions on what they can access. You don’t want apps to go through your iPhone and find all the other apps you have installed.

The Switch To Android app comes a long time after Apple’s app, which helped users switch from Android to the iPhone. Apple debuted its Move to iOS app for Android users in September 2015, which was notable as Apple’s first app on Google Play. Likewise, the app assisted users in migrating their data, which included their Camera Roll, Messages, Google accounts, Contacts, and Bookmarks.