Google’s video shows how easy it is to transfer data from an iPhone to a new Pixel
The video explains the process as the image of a waterfall plays in the background, dropping your blood pressure to record lows. You should be sitting in an upright position in a quiet or private room. Insert the SIM card from your old device into your new Pixel. “I like to turn my Pixel on using telekinesis,” says the disembodied voice noting that when we turned on the new Pixel, we probably “held down the button on the right hand side.” Calm AND funny. Everything you’d want from a voice-over announcer. We are then guided to pick up the cable that comes in the box with the new Pixel and roll it between your fingers for a moment. “If that feels strange, it is,” explains our host.
What you really need to do with the cable is plug one end into your new Pixel and the other end into your old phone. Tap some options that are presented on the screen, and “let the Pixel take care of everything from here on.” The Pixel, states the video, carries your data (including apps and selfies) over a gentle breeze of zeroes and ones from your old Android or iOS handset to your new Pixel. No matter what your data contains, Google says not to worry as it will show up on your new Pixel faster than you expected. While waiting, Google recommends closing your eyes and taking deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth. Do this a few times while you acknowledge any ambient sounds. You can even ask yourself where your life is heading.
While the data is transferring over, you might wonder if there is a problem with the process; is it frozen?, is it getting all of the apps (some third party apps might not transfer over to the new phone), should you hit the back button? Just relax. Google says that “The Pixel is doing what it was designed to do, bringing your stuff over.” And you’ll be happy to know that as long as you put trust in the process and in yourself, you can not screw this up.
