If you’ve ever had to switch from one Android phone to another, you may recall that the process of copying data from the old phone to the new one involves choosing to do so via WiFi or cable. Even in the best of scenarios, either option will take some time for the process to be completed. In the future, there may be a third option: both.
Android Authority reports that code within the Google Data Restore Tool app, version 1.0.624892571, mentions a process dubbed “MultiTransportD2dTransport”. Which basically allows for both cable and WiFi to be used together when transferring data from one phone to another to speed up the process. This would definitely be a welcome addition, especially if you have to go through it often.
Another addition to the transfer process between Android devices is something called “Restore Anytime”. Judging from the screenshot of the feature, it also works with iPhones, and for the newer models with USB-C, you may not even need special cables. What it does is eliminate the restriction that prevents data restoration unless it has been factory reset.
Which sounds great, but counterintuitively, the report also says that to use this feature, the older device you first transferred your data out of will have to be wiped first anyway. This odd restriction does make the feature sound pretty redundant, especially if it’s not significantly faster than factory resetting.
All that being said, it remains to be seen when, or even if, either of this features make it to the general Android userbase. One of them is clearly more useful than the other, and even outside of edge cases like reviews, you’d probably prefer that the process of, say, helping your parents change their older phones was just a tad faster.
(Source: Android Authority)
