{"id":469477,"date":"2026-02-12T04:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/469477\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T04:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:45:07","slug":"ios-26-3-makes-it-easier-to-switch-to-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/469477\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 26.3 makes it easier to switch to Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">On Wednesday, Apple released its latest iOS 26 update, which includes a new process for switching from an iPhone to an Android phone, as previously reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/02\/11\/hands-on-ios-26-3-changes-and-features-video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">9to5Mac<\/a>. The updated transferring tool can move over data like apps, photos, messages, and even a user\u2019s phone number by sitting the two phones side by side. Previously, users typically needed to either download <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1701640&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%2Fapps%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.apple.movetoios%26hl%3Den_US\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/android-switch\/id6449987166\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google\u2019s<\/a> data transfer apps on each device or manually copy all their apps and data over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">iPhone users in the EU also now have an option for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/784477\/apple-ios-26-beta-third-party-smartwatch-notifications\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cnotification forwarding\u201d<\/a> with third-party wearables in iOS 26.3. This update allows users to view the full contents of notifications on third-party wearables and control which apps they get notifications from, bringing the third-party smartwatch experience more in line with the Apple Watch. Improving interoperability between iPhones and non-Apple wearables, including features like notification functionality, was one of several requirements for Apple to comply with the EU\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/24040543\/eu-dma-digital-markets-act-big-tech-antitrust\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Markets Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">To install iOS 26.3 on your phone, open the Settings app and go to \u201cGeneral\u201d then \u201cSoftware Update.\u201d If iOS 26.3 is available on your iPhone, you should see an option to download and install it. If that option isn\u2019t showing up, double-check that your iPhone is <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/guide\/iphone\/iphone-models-compatible-with-ios-26-iphe3fa5df43\/ios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">compatible with iOS 26<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Wednesday, Apple released its latest iOS 26 update, which includes a new process for switching from an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1572,49,48,3692,44,64,61],"class_list":["post-469477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ios","tag-news","tag-tech","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}