Overview
- Google has built a native wireless migration experience into Android 17 that expands what can be transferred from an iPhone without using a separate app.
- The new tool moves Google Accounts, saved passwords, Wi‑Fi credentials, photos, videos, contacts, messages, calendars and eSIMs during device setup.
- Transfers require the iPhone to be updated to iOS 26.3 or later so both devices can communicate and complete the wireless migration.
- Google says the feature began rolling out to select Pixel phones and the company confirmed the same method will be available on Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip8 and Z Fold8.
- The change follows the European Union’s Digital Markets Act, which forces app-less on-device portability and simpler eSIM transfers and is likely to lower switching friction for consumers and increase pressure on platform lock-in.