Google’s Pixel 9 family came with one unique feature in the Android world: the ability to copy data from another device at any time, even after the initial installation.
This will finally appear on other Android devices in 2025, Google announced today. It will be part of a series of improvements Google is making to the Android Switch experience.
Google says this will let you “check out your new phone first and transfer your data later,” so you can “quickly complete your initial setup and retrieve your data when you’re ready.”
When you feel ready, you can initiate data copying after installation via Settings or the newly renamed Android Switch app that you can get from the Play Store. And for those upgrading from an old Android device to a new Android device, there’s now a quick setup option, which transfers only the information stored on the device and none of the stuff you already backed up. up to the cloud.
The new Android Switch experience “guides you through clear steps to get started and learn about the features of your new device,” Google says, because it knows “it’s important to keep your chats, calendars , contacts and more.” your new device, including key information such as your Wi-Fi, screen lock and Google account”.
If you use a cable to go from an iPhone to an Android device, it will now be 40% faster to transfer your data compared to 2023, in a move that “saves hours for people who have a lot of data to move from phone to telephone”.