Depending on the brand new Android telephone you’ve gotten chosen, you would possibly get an possibility to repeat knowledge out of your previous machine straight. This is often achieved through Wi-Fi, however generally you’ll be able to join the 2 telephones with a cable. A cable is by far the quickest and best strategy to copy your previous knowledge (particularly photographs and movies), so we advocate you do it if given the choice. 

If you aren’t getting the choice to repeat knowledge straight, otherwise you’d favor to not, you want one other technique of copying your valuable photographs and movies. Whether your previous telephone is an Android or an iPhone, your greatest wager is to make use of Google’s cloud-based service, Google Photos, which comes preinstalled on Android gadgets. It’s additionally the place your photographs are mechanically saved each time you again up your photographs on an Android telephone. (If you end up working out of room in your Google account too typically, take a look at our information for how to free up space.) 

If you are not already utilizing Google Photos, that is OK. Pick up your previous telephone, and again up all of your photographs to the Google Photos cloud by opening the app and tapping in your small spherical person icon within the higher proper. Select Back up now and look ahead to the photographs to sync. Your photographs ought to then be obtainable to browse and obtain in your new Android telephone—in addition to the net, and any iOS machine the place you’ve got downloaded the Google Photos app.  

Update System and Apps

To keep safe and reap the benefits of all the most recent options, you want your software program to be updated. Take a glance in Settings, System, and faucet System replace to make sure you have the most recent obtainable model of Android. You must also open up the Play Store app, faucet your profile image on the high proper, select Manage apps and machine. If any of your apps want updates you’ll be able to merely faucet Update all beneath Updates obtainable.

Adding Other Accounts and Setting Preferences

Once you’ve synced all the information that is obtainable out of your Google account, you’ll wish to hyperlink a few of your different accounts to your telephone for seamless integration down the road. Just head to Settings, Accounts (or Passwords & accounts), choose Add account, and enter your data for Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, Skype, and no matter else you utilize on the common. (You may also simply open every app and register.)