How to Transfer Your Contacts from iPhone to Android

Many people are switching from iPhone to Android these days (and yes, some to Android these days (and yes, some people are switching the other way, people are switching the other way, although not as many although not as many ). ).

That’s why a lot of people are trying to That’s why a lot of people are trying to find the best way to switch contacts from find the best way to switch contacts from one device to the other. Today, I’m going one device to the other. Today, I’m going to show you how to quickly and easily to show you how to quickly and easily switch your contacts from iOS7 to switch your contacts from iOS7 to Android. Android.

What you need: What you need:

-An Android -An Android

-An iPhone running iOS7 -An iPhone running iOS7

-A Google account, which you’ll need -A Google account, which you’ll need anyway for your new Android anyway for your new Android

Step 1) Step 1) Grab your iPhone and go to the Grab your iPhone and go to the Settings menu. Click Settings menu. Click Mail, Contacts, Mail, Contacts, Calendars Calendars . .

Step 2) Step 2) Click Click Add Account Add Account and find and find Gmail Gmail under the list of providers. Enter your under the list of providers. Enter your Google account username and password Google account username and password

Step 3) Step 3) Toggle all of the aspects of your Toggle all of the aspects of your Google account you’d like to sync. By Google account you’d like to sync. By default, the default, the Contact Contact option will be option will be toggled off, but we’ll obviously want to toggled off, but we’ll obviously want to turn that on for the purpose of this turn that on for the purpose of this exercise. The toggle will glow green if you exercise. The toggle will glow green if you successfully toggled it on. successfully toggled it on.

Step 4) Step 4) Your iPhone will upload Contact Your iPhone will upload Contact information (and whatever other toggles information (and whatever other toggles you selected) to your Google account you selected) to your Google account over the next few minutes. If you’re super over the next few minutes. If you’re super popular and have lots of contacts, then popular and have lots of contacts, then your contact information could take your contact information could take some time to be completely shared. some time to be completely shared.

Step 5) Step 5) Check your Contact sharing is Check your Contact sharing is complete by going to this URL: complete by going to this URL: https://www.google.com/contacts https://www.google.com/contacts

Step 6) Step 6) Log into your Android with your Log into your Android with your Google account and watch your Contacts Google account and watch your Contacts magically appear. How easy was that? magically appear. How easy was that?

Remember the olden days when you had Remember the olden days when you had to manually switch each and every to manually switch each and every contact between phones? Remember contact between phones? Remember when you could pay your carrier a when you could pay your carrier a “transfer fee” to switch your information “transfer fee” to switch your information to a new flip phone. You can relax now: to a new flip phone. You can relax now: those days are far in the past.