Android Switch

Google LLC

About this app

Android Switch is already installed on your Android device so you can securely copy photos, videos, contacts, and more from another phone or tablet during setup.

Plus, if you have a Pixel 9 or newer (including the Pro, Pro Fold, and A-Series), you can use Android Switch to move your data anytime after setup, even if you don't have your other device.

Ratings and reviews

Any app that allows any form of remote access or migration to another device needs to be optional so when we do not need the service, we can remove it and not have it sitting there so someone can use it against us later. "If a switch can be flipped, someone, somewhere, somehow will find a way to flip that switch on you."

I keep going through my apps.. and finding not only apps installed without my knowledge, but second twin apps that say "assistant" or "agent." It started recently; apps sneaking onto my phone, changing system settings (I remove the permission and sometimes it turns it back on) and my searches get redirected, web pages open while I have my phone locked and I'm not using it. This is unsettling and has me wondering if it is connected to the data mining farms popping up.

initial data transfer when setting up a new phone was interrupted because the phone died. Date was about 50% transfered (after nearly half an hour). Now the only way to complete the process is to factory reset the phone again. There really should be another option and it's ridiculous that there isn't. For that reason I'm only giving 2 stars. Please, fix this(!)

What’s new

It's now easier to bring your data from another phone or tablet.