It will soon be easier than ever for Android apps to remain signed in on a new phone

Transferring your data from your old Android device to a new one will soon be less daunting, thanks to “Restore Credentials,” a new developer feature for Android which can keep you logged into your apps when you make the switch. 

While some apps already did this, Google is making it easier for developers to include this experience by implementing a “restore key” that automatically transfers to the new phone and logs you back into the app. The change should make switching from one Android phone to another more similar to upgrading an iPhone.

Appleusers who switch from one iPhone to another are used to having everything from email accounts to app credentials transferred to the new phone, but it hasn’t always been as simple for Android users. Credential recovery requires less work than the previous approach on Android and can automatically check if a recovery key is available and reconnect you the first time you launch the app.

 A recovery key is a public key that uses your existing access key infrastructure to move your credentials. The catering key can be stored in the cloud, but the developers can deny it. For this reason, as in today's Apple device, direct transfer from device to device is probably more detailed than the recovery of the cloud. Notably, Google states that if you delete and reinstall the app, your recovery key won't be transferred.