For several years, Google and Apple have made it easier to switch between operating systems. For example, the Apple brand has developed a special application to transfer your most important data: Move to iOS.
This app allows you to transfer all your messages, photos, contacts, and even your preferred display settings to your new device.
However, not everything is roses when it comes to switching from one operating system to another. Since iOS is a closed ecosystem, porting certain elements can be problematic. This is especially true for Live Photos. If you’re an iPhone addict, you probably know them.
Problem with Live Photos when switching from iOS to Android
We can summarize for others Live Photos like animated photos. As Apple explains on its official website, “Live Photo records actions, including audio, that occur immediately before and after taking a photo.
Let’s add this too Live Photo is enabled by default. So unless you disable it, an iPhone owner will likely have dozens and dozens of Live Photos piled up in their photo library in the Photos app. But when an iPhone user decides to switch to Android, Google does not offer turnkey solutions for transferring your Live Photos.
For now, the only alternative is to import your Live Photos into Google Photos. The platform then takes care of converting them into Motion Photos, the Mountain View firm’s equivalent. The problem is that this method shows that you have enough storage capacity in your Google One account. With a free profile, You only have 15 GB. Not sure if this is enough to store all your photos.
Google has an idea to save your Live Photos
However, and as detailed by our colleagues Android AuthorityGoogle is currently working on a solution. In the APK files of the latest update of Data Transfer Tool (editor’s note: Google app for transferring data between smartphones), journalists noticed references to an upcoming feature: LivePhotoRestore.java.
As you can tell, Google intends to integrate a tool into its app that will transfer all your Live Photos and convert them into Motion Photos during your migration.
