Originally Posted by
elee@ulgm.org Pardon me for jumping in... but I'm thinking about switching to Android (just broke my Lumia 640), and likewise am overall really happy in the MS ecosystem. Mainly considering the switch because hardware options are limited I want the Control4 app, which isn't natively available on Windows Phone. Would I lose any of the following:
- I have a Groove music subscription. I really like how it "syncs" with the music library on my PC and the playlists that it curates in the Windows Phone 10 version of the app. Would both of these things function relatively the same in the Android version of Groove music?
- Is there any way to transfer my text messages from WP to Android?
- I have an Office 365 Exchange email account, and an Outlook.com email account. Will these both work in Android?
- If I am reading the above posts correctly, it is possible in Android to use OneDrive for my photo backup, Cortana as my assistant, and still have my text messages show up as notifications on my Windows 10 PC?
Any other considerations in making this switch? I could see myself returning to WP someday... maybe once that Surface Phone is released. :-)
1)No idea about Groove.
2)I believe there's a way but it's tricky. Not sure how to do it.
3) Yes, in order to have contacts and calendar sync, you have to add them as Exchange accounts. Bing "Android for the Windows Guy: use your Microsoft accounts" on how to do that.
4) Yes. As for Cortana, it's phone dependent but you can generally do that.