PC World - USA (2020-01)

JANUARY 2020 PCWorld 133

Sign up for a Google account
You’ll eventually need to sign up for
a Google account, if you don’t have
one already, as it’s part and parcel of
the Android experience. Google will
encourage you to use your Android/
Gmail account as your primary email
client, but you don’t have to.

Microsoft apps on Android
Download the very good Outlook
app for Android instead, whose
calendar is far more practical and
straightforward than the native
Android Calendar app. Other
recommended apps include
OneDrive, for backing up photos to
the Microsoft cloud, and Your Phone
(go.pcworld.com/yrph), which is
designed to connect your Android phone
and your PC.

Export contacts and messages
Make sure that you export your phone’s
contacts and SMS messages. Exporting your
Windows contacts to Android is fairly easy:
Go to Outlook.com on the Web, then to the
People tab, and select the Manage drop-
down menu in the upper right-hand corner.
Export the contacts to a .CSV file.
Continue on the web to contacts.gmail.
com, which is also accessible in the Google
Apps menu next to your profile picture in the
upper right-hand corner.

Here’s where you’ll need to use that

Google account you signed up for. Once

you’re in the Contacts app, there’s an Import

option on the left-hand rail, which you can use

Then import those contacts into Google Contacts.

Here’s how to find the option to export your People

contacts.