Switching from Android to iOS is about to become a hell of a lot easier

Migrating from one mobile operating system to another can be an annoying and tedious process, but Apple wants to make things as simple as possible for Android users looking to transition to iOS with a new app. While the name of the app hasn’t been revealed, we do know that the app will allow Android users to transfer basically anything that isn’t tied down by DRM without even having to connect the two devices physically. 

Apple Music doesn’t appear to be the only Android app that Apple is currently working on. According to the iOS 9 features list just posted to Apple’s site, Apple is working on an app that will help Android users easily migrate over to iOS, assuming they would want to make the switch. The app will “wirelessly switch” users from an Android device to a new iOS device, securely, of course. The app brings over “contacts, message history, camera photos and videos, web bookmarks, mail accounts, calendars, wallpaper, and DRM-free songs and books.” Apple says that it will even help you rebuild your app library by suggesting apps for download from the App Store. Once the transfer has been completed, Apple will then recommend that you recycle your Android phone for free at the Apple Store. (You should be shaking your head at that idea, just as I am.) We could find the app on Google Play or Apple’s App Store, so it could be that it will be available closer to this Fall’s iOS 9 launch. Still, that’s two Android apps in one day for Apple!