iOS 16 allows you to transfer an eSIM to your new iPhone via Bluetooth

Apple is adding an easy way to swap an eSIM for a new iPhone in the upcoming iOS 16 release. Discover a Twitter user Carson Waldrop (Across MacRumors) that iOS 16 supports transferring eSIM cards from an existing iPhone to a new one using Bluetooth. It sounds easy, allowing you to easily transfer your phone number when you buy a new iPhone.

Currently on iOS, if you bought a new iPhone and are using an eSIM, you must contact your carrier to reissue the eSIM.

While some carriers make this easy with QR codes in their mobile apps, others force you to go to a service provider for an eSIM transfer.

It seems that Apple’s new eSIM swap support in iOS 16 will remove some of these problems, but Source Indicates that it is only possible to transfer an eSIM via Bluetooth if the carrier supports this feature.

@MacRumors it looks like in iOS 16, you can transfer eSim Cards from one iPhone to another using Bluetooth. This previously wasn’t the case and you had to just get a new esim card from the carrier in question. pic.twitter.com/emWz6F7ObP

— Carson (@carsonwaldrop) June 8, 2022

Since iOS 16 is still in beta, carrier support for this new feature is likely incomplete at this time, so we won’t know how many carriers and countries will fully support this until iOS 16 becomes available this fall.

iOS 16 is currently in developer preview and includes customizable lock screens with widgets, iMessage editing and undo message sending, a shared iCloud photo library, and more.