Changing phone is still going (apart from the portfolio point of view, depending on the context), but changing bones? Experience can quickly nightmare. Between the photos to recover, the apps to find, the settings to be reconfigured and … the virtual SIM card to be transferred, the operation can quickly overcome your patience.
If you use an E-SIM, it was even worse. Top from an iPhone to an Android often involved going through your operator, waiting for a new QR code, and crossing your fingers for the transfer to work. Good news, with the arrival of iOS 26, This way of the cross is finally finished !
The end of Calvary
A new option has appeared in cell settings: ” Transfer to Android ». As its name suggests, it allows you to move your E-SIM from an iPhone to a compatible Android device, without having to contact your operator. The process is completely automated: you scan a QR code generated on the iPhone with the Android smartphone, and the transfer launches. Apple could not make it simpler and effective.
As a good surprise rarely comes alone: It also works in the other direction ! If you come from the world of Android and want to go to Apple, iOS 26 also offers an option ” Transfer from Android “, Which will facilitate the import of your current ESIM. A sign that the company has certainly worked with Google so that this new “bridge” was drawn up between the two bones.
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Apple has just removed One of the last technical thorns Planted in the foot of users attempted to change camps. A little recognition from him that they have the right to leave, but especially to leave easily.
- Apple finally facilitates the number transfer between iPhone and Android, without going through an operator.
- A QR code is now enough to launch migration, one way as in the other.
- It is a rare softening in the closing policy of the Apple ecosystem.
By: keleops ag
