How to Transfer music from Android to Android

Transferring music between Android devices is a lot different to transferring music between iPhones. This article will take you through 2 methods which you can use to transfer music from Android to Android - with iTunes and without iTunes.

For this tutorial, we will be using Droid Transfer, so we will need to install Droid Transfer on our PC, and the counterpart Transfer Companion on both Android devices. You can download Droid Transfer for PC and the Transfer Companion app for Android below...

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Transfer music from Android to Android using iTunes

Launch Droid Transfer on your PC.
Connect your Android Device using the steps shown in our Start Guide.
Click "Music" in the features listed in Droid Transfer.
Use the "Sync iTunes" option to copy tracks from your Android to iTunes.
Disconnect the first Android device, and connect the second.
Use "Sync iTunes" again, this time to copy tracks from iTunes to your new Android.

How to Transfer music from Android to Android

By default, the "Sync iTunes" option will open in Simple Mode. This means that you can simply choose to copy all tracks from Android that are missing from iTunes, or all iTunes tracks which are missing from the connected Android device. If you only want certain tracks to be copied, you can switch to Advanced Mode to make specific selections.

Transfer music from Android to Android without iTunes

If you don't like iTunes, or you don't have it installed on your computer for other reasons, you can still use Droid Transfer to copy music between Android devices. Here's how:

Launch Droid Transfer on your PC.
Connect your Android Device using the steps shown in our Start Guide.
Click "Music" in the features listed in Droid Transfer.
Use the "Copy to PC" option to copy tracks from your Android to computer.
Disconnect the first Android device, and connect the second.
Click "Add Music", and choose to add files or a folder to your new Android.
Locate the music we copied to PC, and hit "Open" to copy!

As you can see, we firstly need to copy the music from the Android device to your computer. Select the music you want to transfer, then hit "Copy to PC".

Then, disconnect your Android device from Droid Transfer, and connect your new Android. To transfer the copied music from your PC to your new device, hit the "Add Music" button. Locate the music copied from your previous Android, and hit open to copy the files to your new Android! You can even drag music from your computer into the Droid Transfer window to copy the files to your device. Find more information on how to manage you music between Android, PC and iTunes.