Samsung Smart Switch Mobile

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About this app

▣ Smart Switch gives you the freedom to move your contacts, music, photos, calendar, text messages, device settings and more to your new Galaxy device. Plus, Smart Switch™ helps you find your favorite apps or suggest similar ones on Google Play™.

▣ Who can transfer?
• Android™ owners
- Android 6.0 or higher

• iOS™ owners - use the option that’s best for you:
- Wired transfer from your iOS device to your Galaxy: iOS 12.0 or above, iOS device cable (lightning or 30 pin), and a USB connector
- Import from iCloud™: iOS 4.2.1 or higher and Apple ID
- PC/Mac transfer using iTunes™: Smart Switch PC/Mac software – Get started http://www.samsung.com/smartswitch

▣ What can be transferred?
- Contacts, calendar(Device content only), messages, photos, music (DRM free content only, Not supported for iCloud), videos (DRM free content only), call logs, memos, alarms, Wi-Fi, wallpapers, documents, app data (Galaxy devices only), home layouts (Galaxy devices only)
- You can send app data and home layouts by upgrading your Galaxy device to M OS (Galaxy S6 or higher).

* For reasons such as compatibility between devices, it may not be possible to install and use Smart Switch on certain devices.
1. To transfer data, both devices must have a minimum of 500 MB free space in their internal memory.
2. If you have a non-Samsung device that constantly disconnects from the wireless network, go to Advanced Wi-Fi on your device, turn off the “Wi-Fi initialize” and “Disconnect low Wi-Fi signal” options, and try again.
(The options described above may not be available, depending on your device manufacturer and OS version.)

The following permissions are required for the app service. For optional permissions, the default functionality of the service is turned on, but not allowed.

[ Required permissions ]
. Phone: Used to confirm your phone number (Android 12 or lower)
. Call logs: Used to transfer call log data (Android 9 or higher)
. Contacts: Used to transfer contacts data
. Calendar: Used to transfer calendar data
. Camera: Used to scan QR codes to connect to Galaxy phones and tablets
. SMS: Used to transfer SMS data
. Storage: Used to save the files necessary for data transfer (Android 11 or lower)
. Files and media: Used to save the files necessary for data transfer(Android 12)
. Photos and Videos: Used to save the files necessary for data transfer (Android 13 or higher)
. Nearby devices: Used to search for nearby devices using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth (Android 12 or higher)
. Location: Used to connect to devices using Wi-Fi Direct, which makes your location available to nearby devices (Android 12 or lower)
. Notifications: Used to provide information about the progress of data transfers (Android 13 or higher)

If your system software version is lower than Android 6.0, please update the software to configure App permissions.
Previously allowed permissions can be reset on Apps menu in device settings after software update.
If you can't download, you can open Smart Switch from device's Settings menu
Updated on
Oct 22, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
    Learn more about how developers declare sharing
  • This app may collect these data types
    App activity, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs
  • Data isn’t encrypted
  • Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

519K reviews
A Google user
August 7, 2019
Pretty good, but lacks a critical feature. I had no problem connecting via cable, and it was easy enough to transfer contacts, call history, and messages. I was able to pretty much duplicate my old phone, and that is where my major criticism comes. I want to transfer a few of my apps to the new phone, not all of them. If there is an option, it isn't very obvious. My new phone has enough bloatware, I don't want to bog it down with all my old seldom used apps too.
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A Google user
April 18, 2020
Pros: Was able to restore all my files, settings, and most of my app data. Cons: Requires you to allow the connection on your old phone, which is difficult to do when your old phone is busted. And if you don't allow the connection fast enough, it will give you an error and make you start over. Some of my app data was still missing. I used the wireless option as I could not get the USB option to work at all.
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Chris Martin
December 26, 2021
Constantly losing connection! I've used the app with a transfer cable and over wifi. In the wifi mode it won't connect the phones half of the time and just gets stuck in searching mode. Once the phones recognize each other (wired or wireless) they will transfer about 30-50% of the data and then get stuck. If you leave it for a while you get an error saying that the connection was lost and the phones can't see each other. Really frustrating!
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
December 27, 2021
Hi. We're sorry for your inconvenience. It seems there is a need to analyze log files to find out the cause of problem. Please contact to our email(sswitch.cs@samsung.com) for further assistance. Thank you.

What’s new

- Fixed bugs and improved stability