How to Access iCloud Mail (e-Mail) on Android

iCloud is an excellent platform to keep your email, contact number, calendar, photos, etc., synced across your Apple devices such as iPhone, Mac, and iPad. But if you are switching from iPhone to Android or thinking to do so, you might be worried about accessing your iCloud mail (email) on your new Android phone. We all know that there has no such iCloud App for Android, and Apple doesn't nice to communicate with other ecosystems.

Don't panic about it; you can access iCloud e-Mail on an Android phone with the right services and apps. You can not only able to access iCloud e-Mail, but you can also access your iCloud contacts, iCloud calendar, Apple Notes, tasks, and Apple Music collection. However, it is not so easy. This article illustrates all the possible ways to access iCloud email and other services on Android devices.

How to add an iCloud email to an Android phone

To get iCloud email on your Android device, add it to your phone. Since Apple enables two-factor authentication on an iCloud account to secure access, first, you need to create an app-specific password for your iCloud email. Follow the below-given steps to generate an app password and add iCloud email on your Android:

Create an app-specific password:

1. Open your favorite web browser on your PC and visit "appleid.apple.com".
2. Now, sign in to the page with your Apple account.
   
3. Under the Security section, click on Generate an app-specific password.
   
4. It will pop up a screen to describe your password. Enter any related description you like.
5. Now, click on Create button.
   
6. Make a note of the password that has been generated. It will require in the process of setting up the iCloud email on your Android.

Add your iCloud email to your Android phone

1. Launch your Gmail app on your Android phone.
   
2. Tap on your profile icon at the upper-right of the screen.
3. From the various options, tap on Add another account.
   
4. Now, choose the Other option at the bottom.
   
5. In the next screen, enter your iCloud email and tap Next.
   
6. Add the password that you just created, and tap the Next button.
   

You are all done; the rest of the task will perform by Gmail. After a few moments, you will see that your iCloud email account will appear in the list of accounts. Now, you are ready to check and access (and reply) your iCloud emails in the Gmail app on your Android phone.

Log in to your iCloud e-Mail on Android with other Mail apps

If you are not using the Gmail account for any reason, even you can access your iCloud emails on your Android using some other mail apps. The steps and process are similar you see above for Gmail. Look at the below steps; we are using Outlook mail as an example to access iCloud emails on Android:

1. Launch the Outlook app on your Android smartphone.
2. Tap on your profile icon at the upper-left of the screen.
3. From the various options, tap on the Settings icon.
4. Tap on the ADD ACCOUNT section.
5. Choose the option to Add an email account.
6. In the next screen, enter your iCloud email and tap Next.
7. Enter the app-specific password that you just created to get iCloud emails on your Android.

That's all; now you can access your iCloud mail on Android using Outlook.

Transfer your other data from iCloud to Android

Other than your iCloud email, iCloud also stores the other important data that you never want to lose while switching to Android. These data may be your contacts, calendar, Notes, photos, and remainders that you store in your iCloud account. So, look at the below to transfer and access these data from iCloud to Android one by one.

Sync iCloud Contacts to your Android phone

Contact numbers are also very important data that people never want to lose it. Syncing Contacts from iCloud account to Android is straightforward. Look at the below-given steps to sync your iCloud Contacts to your Android phone:

1. Open the iCloud website "https://www.icloud.com/" on your computer and sign in with your iCloud account.
2. Go to the Contacts section.
   
3. Select your all contacts (or the specific ones you want to transfer).
4. Click on the settings (gear) icon and select Export vCard.
   
5. It will create a backup file of your contacts; save this file on your computer.
6. Now open the "https://contacts.google.com/" on your PC and log in with the Google account you use on your Android phone.
7. At the below of the screen, click on Import contacts and browse the vCard file you are saved.
8. Click Import, and your contacts will be synced to your device.
   

Sync iCloud Calendar to your Android phone

Similar to iCloud Contacts, you can also sync iCloud Calendar to your Google Calendar and access them on your Android phone. Keep in mind this process is one-way sync; any change made in Google Calendar never reflects in iCloud. But it can't create any problem if you are completely switching to Android.

Remember that iCloud and Google are not fully compatible with each other; due to this, Google Calendar does not show all the information contained in iCloud stores. Following are the steps to sync iCloud Calendar to Google Calendar:

1. Open the iCloud website "https://www.icloud.com/" on your web browser.
2. Go to the Calendar section.
3. You will see your calendar name listed there in the left panel. Click on the Wi-Fi icon next to your calendar.
4. Checkmark the Public calendar on the popup screen and copy the link by clicking on the Copy Link
5. Now, open the Google Calendar "https://calendar.google.com/" on your web browser.
6. On the left panel of the screen, find Other calendars and click on the + symbol.
7. Select From URL option.
8. Now paste the calendar link you copied from the iCloud platform.
9. Finally, click on the Add Calendar button to finish the setup.

You are all done to sync iCloud Calendar to Google Calendar; now, you can access your iCloud calendar on your Android phone's calendar app. However, it is suggested to give the time of 24 hours for complete synchronization.

Sync iCloud Notes to your Android phone

Before you start syncing iCloud Notes to your Android, you are also able to use the Notes app on the browser via the iCloud website. But it is not a recommended option. Syncing Apple's Notes app to an Android phone is an easy task, and here is how you can:

1. On your iPhone, open the Settings app.
2. Go to the Notes section and select Accounts.
3. Now, tap on Add Account section and choose the Google logo to add your Google account.
4. Authenticate your account, and then return to the Accounts screen.
5. Choose the Google account and tap on the Notes slider.
6. In your Notes app, go to the Gmail account as the header.
7. The entire notes present in this header will sync automatically to your Gmail app.
8. Now, on your Android phone, launch the Gmail app and look at the Notes label on the left of the screen.
9. You will see that your Apple Notes are synced here.

However, this is not a smooth method to do so, but it helps you to get your iCloud Notes on your Android device.

Sync iCloud Photos to your Android phone

As there has no iCloud app for Android, you can access your iPhone-clicked photos on Android through the iCloud website. You simply need to visit a website on your Android web browser app and view them in web app format. You can also be able to download them. Here are the steps to view iCloud photos on Android:

1. Visit and log in to your iCloud account.
2. Tab on the Photos section and tap Select All.
3. Tap on the three-dot buttons.
4. Select Download and again tap Download to confirm.

Now your iCloud image will get downloaded to your Android phone as a compressed ZIP file. You need to unzip the downloaded file on your Android phone to view them.

Transfer and access iCloud data to Android: Alternate method (MobileTrans)

After transferring and syncing your iCloud email to Android, hopefully, you never want to lose the other data that you store on your iCloud. In the above description, you see how to transfer iCloud data to Android one by one. There are also many tools available that let you access all your iCloud data to Android in a very easy way.

MobileTrans from Wondershare is such tool that facilitates to transfer of your synced iCloud photos, videos, notes, calendar, and other data to an Android phone in just a few clicks. Here are the steps to transfer iCloud data to Android using MobileTrans:

1. Install the MobileTrans program on your PC and open it.
2. Connect your Android phone to your PC using a USB cable.
3. Now, on the application screen, click on the Phone Transfer tab and then choose iCloud to Phone.
   
4. In the next screen, sign in with your iCloud ID. MobileTrans never record and stores your Apple account data.
   
5. You will receive a verification code on your trusted Apple device. Enter it on the verification code screen.
   
6. Now, you will see the different types of data saved on your iCloud account. Choose the data category from the left panel you want to transfer to the Android phone.
7. After selecting the data, you want to transfer, click on the Restore to Device button.
   
8. In the next screen, click on the Start button to begin data transfer from iCloud to Android.
9. Wait for a few moments to complete the data transfer process.

For more information about iCloud photos transfer to Android, look at our article on how to access iCloud photos on Android.