Android and iOS have taken plenty of ideas from each other, resulting in two operating systems that are much more similar than they used to be.
, and with the launch of iOS 14 on the horizon, people have started talking about Apple getting some ideas from Google’s Android.
But the swiping goes both ways—Android and iOS have taken plenty of ideas from each other over the years, which has resulted in two operating systems that are much more similar in features and functionality than they used to be. Dig back a little and you’ll find plenty of examples—though we should say up-front this history is slightly edited. For example, one or two of these features appeared on the iPad before the iPhone, or in versions of Android from Samsung and LG before they appeared in the stock version.For years, widgets were one of Android’s main advantages over iOS.
Getting off the grid has never been easier. On Android and iOS you can limit what your apps know about you, starting with your location.For a long time, Apple has been giving users a great deal of control over how apps handle your data, so they can only access information such as your location while they’re running. It’s such a good way to manage permissions that Google decided to add a close copy to its own OS with Android 10 in 2019.
The Do Not Disturb mode is a staple of modern-day phones, giving you a brief respite from the flood of notifications that normally have your handset vibrating non-stop. This was a feature Apple added first to iOS 6 in 2012. Google took its time and added it to its OS in 2014 with the launch of Android 5.0 Lollipop.
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