diff --git a/flutter/android/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/flutter/SentryFlutterPlugin.kt b/flutter/android/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/flutter/SentryFlutterPlugin.kt
index e869834171..00819cc1ed 100644
--- a/flutter/android/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/flutter/SentryFlutterPlugin.kt
+++ b/flutter/android/src/main/kotlin/io/sentry/flutter/SentryFlutterPlugin.kt
@@ -287,86 +287,22 @@ class SentryFlutterPlugin : FlutterPlugin, MethodCallHandler, ActivityAware {
   }
 
   private fun setUser(user: Map<String, Any?>?, result: Result) {
-    if (user == null) {
+    if (user != null) {
+      val options = HubAdapter.getInstance().options
+      val userInstance = User.fromMap(user, options)
+      Sentry.setUser(userInstance)
+    } else {
       Sentry.setUser(null)
-      result.success("")
-      return
     }
-
-    val userInstance = User()
-    val userData = mutableMapOf<String, String>()
-    val unknown = mutableMapOf<String, Any>()
-
-    (user["email"] as? String)?.let { userInstance.email = it }
-    (user["id"] as? String)?.let { userInstance.id = it }
-    (user["username"] as? String)?.let { userInstance.username = it }
-    (user["ip_address"] as? String)?.let { userInstance.ipAddress = it }
-    (user["segment"] as? String)?.let { userInstance.segment = it }
-    (user["name"] as? String)?.let { userInstance.name = it }
-    (user["geo"] as? Map<String, Any?>)?.let {
-      val geo = Geo()
-      geo.city = it["city"] as? String
-      geo.countryCode = it["country_code"] as? String
-      geo.region = it["region"] as? String
-      userInstance.geo = geo
-    }
-
-    (user["extras"] as? Map<String, Any?>)?.let { extras ->
-      for ((key, value) in extras.entries) {
-        if (value != null) {
-          userData[key] = value.toString()
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    (user["data"] as? Map<String, Any?>)?.let { data ->
-      for ((key, value) in data.entries) {
-        if (value != null) {
-          // data has precedence over extras
-          userData[key] = value.toString()
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (userData.isNotEmpty()) {
-      userInstance.data = userData
-    }
-    if (unknown.isNotEmpty()) {
-      userInstance.unknown = unknown
-    }
-
-    Sentry.setUser(userInstance)
-
     result.success("")
   }
 
   private fun addBreadcrumb(breadcrumb: Map<String, Any?>?, result: Result) {
-    if (breadcrumb == null) {
-      result.success("")
-      return
+    if (breadcrumb != null) {
+      val options = HubAdapter.getInstance().options
+      val breadcrumbInstance = Breadcrumb.fromMap(breadcrumb, options)
+      Sentry.addBreadcrumb(breadcrumbInstance)
     }
-    val breadcrumbInstance = Breadcrumb()
-
-    (breadcrumb["message"] as? String)?.let { breadcrumbInstance.message = it }
-    (breadcrumb["type"] as? String)?.let { breadcrumbInstance.type = it }
-    (breadcrumb["category"] as? String)?.let { breadcrumbInstance.category = it }
-    (breadcrumb["level"] as? String)?.let {
-      breadcrumbInstance.level = when (it) {
-        "fatal" -> SentryLevel.FATAL
-        "warning" -> SentryLevel.WARNING
-        "info" -> SentryLevel.INFO
-        "debug" -> SentryLevel.DEBUG
-        "error" -> SentryLevel.ERROR
-        else -> SentryLevel.INFO
-      }
-    }
-    (breadcrumb["data"] as? Map<String, Any?>)?.let { data ->
-      for ((key, value) in data.entries) {
-        breadcrumbInstance.data[key] = value
-      }
-    }
-
-    Sentry.addBreadcrumb(breadcrumbInstance)
-
     result.success("")
   }
 
diff --git a/flutter/ios/Classes/SentryFlutterPluginApple.swift b/flutter/ios/Classes/SentryFlutterPluginApple.swift
index 0dd162e3f9..d5baa5fd0f 100644
--- a/flutter/ios/Classes/SentryFlutterPluginApple.swift
+++ b/flutter/ios/Classes/SentryFlutterPluginApple.swift
@@ -566,47 +566,9 @@ public class SentryFlutterPluginApple: NSObject, FlutterPlugin {
       }
     }
 
-    // swiftlint:disable:next cyclomatic_complexity
     private func setUser(user: [String: Any?]?, result: @escaping FlutterResult) {
       if let user = user {
-        let userInstance = User()
-
-        if let email = user["email"] as? String {
-          userInstance.email = email
-        }
-        if let id = user["id"] as? String {
-          userInstance.userId = id
-        }
-        if let username = user["username"] as? String {
-          userInstance.username = username
-        }
-        if let ipAddress = user["ip_address"] as? String {
-          userInstance.ipAddress = ipAddress
-        }
-        if let segment = user["segment"] as? String {
-          userInstance.segment = segment
-        }
-        if let extras = user["extras"] as? [String: Any] {
-          userInstance.data = extras
-        }
-        if let data = user["data"] as? [String: Any] {
-          if let oldData = userInstance.data {
-            userInstance.data = oldData.reduce(into: data) { (first, second) in first[second.0] = second.1 }
-          } else {
-            userInstance.data = data
-          }
-        }
-        if let name = user["name"] as? String {
-          userInstance.name = name
-        }
-        if let geoData = user["geo"] as? [String: Any] {
-          let geo = Geo()
-          geo.city = geoData["city"] as? String
-          geo.countryCode = geoData["country_code"] as? String
-          geo.region = geoData["region"] as? String
-          userInstance.geo = geo
-        }
-
+        let userInstance = PrivateSentrySDKOnly.user(with: user)
         SentrySDK.setUser(userInstance)
       } else {
         SentrySDK.setUser(nil)
@@ -614,51 +576,11 @@ public class SentryFlutterPluginApple: NSObject, FlutterPlugin {
       result("")
     }
 
-    // swiftlint:disable:next cyclomatic_complexity
     private func addBreadcrumb(breadcrumb: [String: Any?]?, result: @escaping FlutterResult) {
-      guard let breadcrumb = breadcrumb else {
-        result("")
-        return
+      if let breadcrumb = breadcrumb {
+        let breadcrumbInstance = PrivateSentrySDKOnly.breadcrumb(with: breadcrumb)
+        SentrySDK.addBreadcrumb(breadcrumbInstance)
       }
-
-      let breadcrumbInstance = Breadcrumb()
-
-      if let message = breadcrumb["message"] as? String {
-        breadcrumbInstance.message = message
-      }
-      if let type = breadcrumb["type"] as? String {
-        breadcrumbInstance.type = type
-      }
-      if let category = breadcrumb["category"] as? String {
-        breadcrumbInstance.category = category
-      }
-      if let level = breadcrumb["level"] as? String {
-        switch level {
-        case "fatal":
-          breadcrumbInstance.level = SentryLevel.fatal
-        case "warning":
-          breadcrumbInstance.level = SentryLevel.warning
-        case "info":
-          breadcrumbInstance.level = SentryLevel.info
-        case "debug":
-          breadcrumbInstance.level = SentryLevel.debug
-        case "error":
-          breadcrumbInstance.level = SentryLevel.error
-        default:
-          breadcrumbInstance.level = SentryLevel.error
-        }
-      }
-      if let data = breadcrumb["data"] as? [String: Any] {
-        breadcrumbInstance.data = data
-      }
-
-      if let timestampValue = breadcrumb["timestamp"] as? String,
-         let timestamp = dateFrom(iso8601String: timestampValue) {
-        breadcrumbInstance.timestamp = timestamp
-      }
-
-      SentrySDK.addBreadcrumb(breadcrumbInstance)
-
       result("")
     }