I’m giving strong consideration moving to Android, having had iPhones for 9 years now (bored!), however I’m trying to establish as to whether this will be a seamless/easy transfer and whether functionality can be replicated in as reasonably similar way as possible.
The biggest functionality I can’t see is an equivalent to iTunes, allowing me to manage a centralised music library that incorporates cloud based and locally stored content of music, films, TV shows, audiobooks and podcasts. My laypersons understanding is (within Android), these are kept separate within very specific apps and there is not in fact an iTunes equivalent – I could be wrong.
• Music
I have a locally stored music library (on desktop PC), which is sync’d to iTunes Match (so the library is accessible in the cloud. I also have access to Apple Music (Apple’s proprietary subscription service). Whilst I understand I can mass upload my local content to Google Music, there doesn’t appear to be an desktop equivalent to iTunes.
• Audiobooks
I have a locally stored collection of audiobooks that are accessed and managed by way of the iTunes desktop application. The application also allows me to load my phone with Audiobooks. iTunes does not allow Audiobooks to be sync’d to their iTunes Match cloud service.
• Podcasts
Utilise Apple Podcasts app.
• Photos
Utilise Apple Photos app; I understand I can simply mass upload these to Google Photos?
• Email Account
Utilise a googlemail account already, so no concerns here.
Grateful if you could provide me some guidance on this transition, particularly the positives and negatives
The biggest functionality I can’t see is an equivalent to iTunes, allowing me to manage a centralised music library that incorporates cloud based and locally stored content of music, films, TV shows, audiobooks and podcasts. My laypersons understanding is (within Android), these are kept separate within very specific apps and there is not in fact an iTunes equivalent – I could be wrong.
• Music
I have a locally stored music library (on desktop PC), which is sync’d to iTunes Match (so the library is accessible in the cloud. I also have access to Apple Music (Apple’s proprietary subscription service). Whilst I understand I can mass upload my local content to Google Music, there doesn’t appear to be an desktop equivalent to iTunes.
• Audiobooks
I have a locally stored collection of audiobooks that are accessed and managed by way of the iTunes desktop application. The application also allows me to load my phone with Audiobooks. iTunes does not allow Audiobooks to be sync’d to their iTunes Match cloud service.
• Podcasts
Utilise Apple Podcasts app.
• Photos
Utilise Apple Photos app; I understand I can simply mass upload these to Google Photos?
• Email Account
Utilise a googlemail account already, so no concerns here.
Grateful if you could provide me some guidance on this transition, particularly the positives and negatives
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