--- title: Switching to Android was easy | daily.dev description: Switching from iPhone to Android can be easy when you're not heavily tied to Apple's platform services. Key apps like Email and Calendar provide easy... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/switching-to-android-was-easy-0z8iqonuq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Switching to Android was easy | daily.dev og:description: Switching from iPhone to Android can be easy when you're not heavily tied to Apple's platform services. Key apps like Email and Calendar provide easy... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/switching-to-android-was-easy-0z8iqonuq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0z8iQOnuq.png og:image:alt: Switching to Android was easy og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Switching to Android was easy **[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://daily.dev/sources/dhh)** · 4 min read · 19 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Switching from iPhone to Android can be easy when you're not heavily tied to Apple's platform services. Key apps like Email and Calendar provide easy alternatives, transferring iMessage conversations is simpler than expected, and major social apps and utilities have Android versions as good as iOS counterparts. Other advantages include a better Android Auto experience, the ability to play Fortnite, and the freedom to choose from different service providers. Overall, the switch highlights the importance of not relying on a single platform. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@catalin560** · 1 upvotes > wtf is this? lmao! imagine tying yourself to a specific brand and creating bs articles like this... **@t0ny** · 0 upvotes > The only thing I don't understand in the article, is the desire to stay with Spotify instead of YouTube music. I could never go back to Spotify. --- Tags: [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#iphone](https://daily.dev/tags/iphone) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/switching-to-android-was-easy-0z8iqonuq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Switching to Android was easy","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/switching-to-android-was-easy-0z8iqonuq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/switching-to-android-was-easy-0z8iqonuq"},"datePublished":"2024-02-25T20:30:56.491Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:20:02.615Z","description":"Switching from iPhone to Android can be easy when you're not heavily tied to Apple's platform services. 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