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How To Move Text Messages To A New Phone
Have you just bought a new smartphone? Whether you use Google Messages or another texting app, you likely want to transfer the years of messages accumulated on your old phone to your new handset. Thankfully, this task is easier than you may think. Here's how to move text messages to a new phone, transfer Google Messages to a new phone, and more.
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To move text messages from Android to Android phones, open Settings on your old phone. Then, go into Google, hit the All services tab, and tap Backup. Ensure Backup by Google One is enabled. Scroll down and ensure SMS and MMS messages are listed. Tap on Back up now. Then, turn on your new phone, log in using the same Google account you used to create the backup, and choose Restore when asked if you want to restore the data connected to your account.
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Editor's note: We used a Google Pixel 7 running Android 14 and an Apple iPhone 12 Mini running iOS 17.2.1 to formulate these instructions. Some menus and steps may change depending on your hardware and software.
How to move text messages from an old Android to a new Android phone
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Transferring messages from one Android phone to another Android phone is easy. You can use your old device and Google account to back up and restore text messages. Notably, this is the best method for transferring Google Messages to a new phone, too.
You'll first need to back up your messages on your old phone before restoring them on your new device.
Backup your text messages using Google One:
Restore your text messages from the Google One backup:
Like an Android phone, you can use your iCloud account on an iPhone to back up and restore your messages. Let's start by turning on backups on your older iPhone.
How to enable iCloud backups:
How to restore your Messages on a new iPhone:
How to move text messages from iPhone to Android
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You can transfer messages from an iPhone to an Android phone, but the process will be more involved.
How to transfer text messages from iPhone to Android:
How to transfer text messages from iPhone to Samsung phones
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The process is a bit more streamlined if you have a Samsung phone. As a bonus, you can do it anytime, not just when setting up your new Android phone.
Apple offers an easy way to move messages from Android to iPhone.
How to use Move to iOS to transfer text messages:
FAQs Can I get my text messages back even if I have gotten rid of my old phone?
It depends. If you already had message backups enabled, then you should be able to get them back. But if not, it is probably too late. Messages are saved locally to a phone unless you have backups enabled, meaning if you get rid of the device, the messages will be gone, too.
Will text message backups take up space in my Google Drive or iCloud account?Yes, but the exact amount depends on how many there are, how long they are, and whether they contain images and other forms of content in addition to text.
I don't want my messages continually saved in a backup account forever; can I just back them up once for the transfer process?Yes, you can choose to back up your messages only for the transfer process and then revoke the relevant permissions in settings once everything is complete.
How do I transfer Google Messages to a new phone?To transfer Google Messages to a new phone, follow the steps for backing up your data to Google One. Next, once your data is backed up, restore your data to your new phone. Once your data is restored, when you open Google Messages on your new device, your messages should be visible.
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Samsung's New Feature Boost Releases To More Galaxy Phones
Samsung's Galaxy S22 will get a raft of new AI features.
gettyThis story was updated on May 14th. Update below.
Samsung released One UI 6.1, which brings with it a raft of Galaxy AI features, to users of older Galaxy phone users in Korea last week. Now, the company is rolling out the update to U.S. Users.
Samsung announced that it is rolling out One UI 6.1 to the Galaxy S22 series, Flip 4, Fold 4 and Tab S8 devices in the U.S. This week. The Korean company is also emailing Galaxy users with details about what features they can expect to see.
The headline news about this update is that Samsung's formerly S24-exclusive suite of AI features will now work on phones that are up to three years old. These devices will get Circle to Search, Chat Assist, Interpreter, Live Translate, Note Assist, Transcript Assist, Browsing Assist, Generative Edit, Edit Suggestion and AI-Generated Wallpaper.
ForbesSamsung Is Giving Away A Free Galaxy S24 In A New PromotionBy Janhoi McGregorSamsung has also confirmed that the older Galaxy S21 series, Flip 3 and Fold 3 handsets will only get two Galaxy AI features: Circle to Search and Chat Assist. Unless the Korean company is feeling particularly generous, I suspect these are the last phones Samsung will update with Galaxy AI for performance reasons. But also because the Galaxy S20 is outside of its Android update window.
Samsung is also making it clear in its communications to users that these Galaxy AI features are only free until "the end" of 2025. That doesn't necessarily mean the company will charge to use these tools, but it gives Samsung the option to.
I imagine Google-powered AI skills, like Circle to Search, will remain free because it is Google's technology, not Samsung's. Google has also spent years updating older Pixel phones with new AI features for free. I can't see the company suddenly charging a subscription for them.
Samsung keeping the door open to charging for AI features also means Galaxy S22 owners, who are getting the update this week, may only get full free access to these tools for 18 months.
A possible subscription also raises an interesting question about Android updates on older phones. Will Samsung allow users to pay for AI features, even after those phones are outside of the update window? We will have to wait and see what Samsung's plans are when the free Galaxy AI deadline expires.
For the time being, with this update, Samsung has increased the value of its older handsets and has given Galaxy buyers a legitimate reason to pick up the S22 or S23.
ForbesSamsung Galaxy Users Are Reporting A Serious New Display ProblemBy Janhoi McGregorMay 14th update: Samsung is now rolling out One UI 6.1 to the Galaxy A54, which is one of the company's mid-range phones. The update was spotted by Tarun Vats on X/Twitter and, like previous updates, users in Korea will get the OS first. If Samsung's previous rollout schedules are anything to go by, other territories will get the update in the next week, too.
One UI 6.1 hitting the A54 is particularly interesting because it's not clear if the device will also get Galaxy AI features. Owners of older Samsung phones, like the S23, S22 and S1 are currently enjoying most of Samsung's AI-powered apps, skills and tools, with the exception of the S21 range, which only gets two features as I explained in this story.
But Samsung has remained tight-lipped about how wide it is willing to spread Galaxy AI throughout its smartphone line-up. The A54 should be able to run some features, like Circle to Search, but we will have to see if the company wants to reserve its most advanced software for flagship handsets.
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