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Android Switch - Seamlessly Transfer Your Apps & Data
"Android Switch" is a built-in app on your Android device that securely transfers photos, videos, contacts, and more from another phone or tablet during setup. For users with Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, or Pixel 9 Pro Fold, this app allows data migration anytime post-setup, even if the original device is unavailable.
App stats
Permissions:
- android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
- android.permission.BACKUP
- android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE
- android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE
- android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC
- android.permission.GET_PACKAGE_SIZE
- android.permission.INTERNET
- android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE See more
Size: 16.31M
Email: ap*****@google.com
URLs: Privacy policy
Ranking
# 12
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App summary
Android Switch is already installed on your Android device so you can securely copy photos, videos, contacts, and more from another phone or tablet during setup.
Plus, if you have a Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro or Pixel 9 Pro Fold, you can use Android Switch to move your data anytime after setup, even if you don't have your other device.
User reviews
Pros
Cons
- App installed without user consent or knowledge
- Cannot uninstall or disable the app easily
- Perceived as spyware or a privacy concern
- Not useful for users who do not own compatible devices (Pixel phones)
- App consumes storage and battery without providing benefits
Most mentioned
- Automatically installed during updates
- Cannot be uninstalled or disabled
- Users did not request or download the app
- App is confusing and not user-friendly
- Concerns about privacy and potential misuse
User reviews
by Anonymous, Invalid Date
My phone started bugging out big time, opening random things like my contacts and call logs out of nowhere so I quickly turned it off and started it up again a few minutes later. I went thru all my apps to see what's going on. This is somehow installed on my phone when I never put it there and it won't let me delete it! Wth is going on?! Clearly some type of Spyware. I pay for Aura and this somehow slipped thru. This is terrible and I WILL be reporting it. Do NOT download this!!
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Ashley B, 2025-01-19
I just can't believe that this app has bin in disguise almost hidden in the background this amount of time all along!!! I now know that I have unleashed a great discovery that these cockroaches have bin lurking and spying on our every move Even when I'm in the shower I bet!!!
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Jareer Al-Zawati, 2025-01-19