Paul Jones / Android Authority
Tl; DR
- New evidence in a beta version of Android 16 suggest that the next Apple iOS 19 could allow the transfer of an ESIM from an iPhone directly to an Android phone.
- The process may involve a new option “transfer to Android” in the iPhone settings, perhaps using an QR code, a session ID and a password for manual initiation.
- This feature, indicated by the channels of the Google Sim Manager application, could be unveiled by Apple at WWDC 2025, simplifying the switching of multiplatform device.
Changing phones can be a problem, especially when going from an iPhone to an Android phone. Although the transfer of your files and data between these platforms has become considerably easier, your ESIM cannot generally be moved directly. Instead, you must often contact your operator for a new QR code to scan, which activates your service on the new phone. Fortunately, the next version of iOS could simplify the transfer of an ESIM from an iPhone to an Android phone.
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By searching the Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 Update Google published last week, I discovered new interesting channels in the Google Sim Manager application. This application, available on various Android devices, can provide and transfer ESIMS between Android phones. Its latest version contains channels suggesting that the next version of Apple iOS 19 will add the management of the wireless transfer of an ESIM on Android phones.
These strings suggest that iOS 19 will add a new one “Transfer to Android»Page, accessible under Settings> General> Transfer or reset the iPhone. By way of comparison, here is the current screen of the transfer or reset settings of the iPhone settings in the latest stable version iOS 18.5.
Under the new transfer to Android Page, there can be an additional supplement ”Other options“The button which, we assume, will allow iOS users to manually initiate ESIM’s wireless transfer from their iPhone to their new Android phone. This manual transfer process will probably start by scanning a QR code on the new Android phone, similar to the way ESIMS is currently transferred between Android devices.
The channels suggest that this new ESIM transfer process based on the QR code will serve as a fall back to a more transparent transfer method, perhaps the Apple ESIM rapid transfer function. This QR code process requires an entry of an “session ID” and a “access code” on your Android device, both probably generated by the iPhone. In addition, the chains indicate that if the two devices fail to connect wirelessly, this could be due to the fact that the iPhone does not work iOS 19 or later.
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Enter session ID and passcode
On your other device, go to Settings app > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Transfer to Android > Other Options
"Still can't connect wirelessly?""
Make sure your other device is running iOS 19 or later versions." If you are skeptical that a Google manufacturing application in a beta Android version of a pixel could reveal an iOS 19 functionality, I understand why. However, it is not as eccentric as it might seem. After all, Google would need to know that Apple works on this feature to create a corresponding support in its SIM Manager application. In addition, with the WWDC 2025 within two weeks – where Apple should reveal iOS 19 – it is plausible of this functionality very soon.
The transfer of an ESIM between Android devices or between iPhones has been possible for some time, it was therefore inevitable that this capacity finally extends to all platforms. It is likely that this function has been implemented at the request of operators, aimed at reducing the need for users to contact them whenever they change the device. Anyway, we are happy to see indices that Apple adds an ESIM transfer of an iPhone to an Android phone, and we hope that the reverse is also in progress.
