Subj : Tired of your iPhone? Apple is about to make it much easier to sw
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Mar 08 2024 12:30:05

Tired of your iPhone? Apple is about to make it much easier to switch to 
Android

Date:
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:20:12 +0000

Description:
Apple has outlined the ways in which it's complying with the European Unions 
Digital Markets Act.

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The European Unions Digital Markets Act (DMA) has already forced Apples hand 
when it comes to granting certain iPhone users access to third-party app 
stores , and now the tech giant has expressed its commitment  through gritted 
teeth, youd have to assume  to making the process of switching from iPhone to 
Android much easier. 

As spotted by The Verge , Apple has published a new compliance document that 
outlines all the ways in which its complying with the now-enforceable DMA. As 
part of these new commitments, the company is working on a more user-friendly 
solution for transferring data from an iPhone to a non-Apple phone (read: an 
Android phone). 

Apple aims to make this solution available by fall 2025, the company writes, 
adding that the new method will build on existing third-party migration 
tools. Google already offers a dedicated iOS app  Switch to Android  for 
transferring data like contacts, photos, videos, and texts from an iPhone to 
an Android, but this method doesnt carry over iOS-specific content like paid 
apps, Safari bookmarks, and Alarms. 

Presumably, then, Apples more user-friendly data transfer solution will cater 
to more  if not all  forms of iPhone content, which should make the process 
of ditching one of the best iPhones for one of the best Android phones a 
whole lot easier. The existing Switch to Android app interface on iOS (Image 
credit: Google) 

If that all sounds like Apple is shooting itself in the foot, its worth 
reiterating that the iPhone maker is only doing this because it has to. The 
EUs intention with the DMA is to bring about a fairer and more open digital 
market; to dilute the anticompetitive powers of Big Tech behemoths like 
Apple. However, thats not to say that this new legislation will encourage a 
mass exodus of iPhone users. 

In fact, Apples new compliance document outlines a handful of imminent 
iPhone-specific changes (dare we say improvements?) that may well keep 
existing iPhone users glued to the iOS ecosystem for longer. For instance, in 
addition to that aforementioned data transfer solution, Apple is also 
creating a browser switching solution for exporting and importing relevant 
browser data into another browser on the same device. 

The latter feature  which will presumably make it easier to swap out Safari 
for another default iPhone browser  is scheduled to roll out in late 2024 or 
early 2025. iPhone users will even have the option to delete Safari from iOS 
altogether, as well as change the default navigation app from Maps to any 
other app of their choosing. 

Its not yet clear whether Apple will introduce these DMA compliance measures 
outside of the EU  the companys approach to sideloading suggests not  but its 
clear that big changes are on the horizon for the ways in which certain 
iPhone users can transfer data within, and away from, their iPhones. You 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/tired-of-your-iphone-apple-is-about-to
-make-it-much-easier-to-switch-to-android


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