I also wish it was more widely used. Hopefully with the release of the iPhone 15 things will improve.
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Google Maps Preparing Live Activities Support Ahead of Dynamic Island Expanding to All iPhone 15 Models
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No it isn’t. How gullible are you to fall in line with the haters? It’s a pill shaped area that is a necessary design trade off given technical limitations. Apple didn’t make the pill static dead space. It is by definition dynamic.
Me neither. As a consumer I was looking forward to them so I wouldn’t have to download so many apps from so many different businesses. But I suspect that’s precisely why devs have no motivation to make them—they want people to download their apps.
Google has been working around the clock on ferry services that will allow them to bring the data collected on the island to the shore … 😅
Well the pill itself isn’t dynamic, right? It’s the area of the screen around the pill that changes. Apple could have implemented that with or without the pill there. Which I believe they did with iPads?
TBH Apple Maps is much superior than Waze on Apple Watch.
edit: I knew Waze is not available for Apple Watch
Over the last few years, I've been getting less and less excited for new software features that Apple introduces. It seems developers are less and less motivated to actually do anything with them. I feel most of the neat things Apple introduces at WWDC anymore I never actually end up seeing integrated.
I assume so, but the total area of the pill is a bit smaller than the 13/13 Pro/14 notch. And with the screen area above the pill, maybe they thought to do something with the area. Either way, the dynamic island is a great way to utilize the space since the tech needed for FaceID is still not quite ready for under display. I’ll take the design trade off.
I don’t think iPads have any dynamic ability. It’s already hidden since it’s built in to the bezel.
Will be good to have an update finally. Google is taking a long time!!
As a developer we prioritise features that appeals to the maximum amount of people. Since Apple decided to add the two punch holes only to the screens of the least selling phones no wonder if developers postpone adding features to the cutouts.
I agree, most have been pretty lazy implementing this feature. The apps that have been done that I use are excellent.
People that are buying this for dynamic island are going to be so disappointed. Very little apps use it. It’s a bummer
I hate Google, but am still forced to use Google Maps sometimes (not signed in, and only via the web site - not the app) because it is so much better in Japan. It's incredible that a company like Apple managed to screw Maps up all those years ago and has still not recovered from it.
Thank you! Pill lovers don't have much to say about that wasted gap of pixels between the bezel and the top of the pill. At least the notch feels somewhat uniform.
Imagine the edges of the screen being dynamic as well. Then it would be a peninsula!
Can someone prove this has actually happened in the past 5 years?? It doesn't even happen when you pick a "non-USA" Siri voice since Siri went to 100% AI driven at least that long ago (and was the only reason it ever happened)