Pfft, Android has had that feature for years!

[Armen]

Threads like this always spring up year after year after WWDC. I want to bring up some points here that people seem to miss.

1. Just because Android or another OS has had a feature does not mean it's off limits to everyone else. Mercedes was the first car manufacturer to feature Anti-Lock brakes on a production car. Do you dismiss the ABS brakes on your car because it wasn't the first car maker to feature it? I think not.
2. Apple tends to implement/execute an existing feature better than Android in most cases. Looking at the widgets in iOS 14:
   1. Widgets in iOS can be stacked. i.e. you can have multiple widgets occupy the same space on your home screen and just scroll through it. I do not recall Android widgets having this functionality.
   2. Widgets in iOS are "smart". I have a widget stack on my home screen made of Weather, calendar, map. Depending on the time of day the widget changes on its own. In the morning it's weather and calendar, toward the evening it changes to maps (usually when I commute home).
3. Supported hardware: Apple is supporting an iPhone from 2015 that costs $650.00 at the time with the latest version of iOS 14. You'd be lucky to get an Android update on a 2 year old $1200.00 Android flagship phone.
4. For those of us who prefer iOS and Apple's ecosystem we will gladly take any existing feature from another platform because it just makes our user experience even better.

 

[aakshey]

Threads like this always spring up year after year after WWDC. I want to bring up some points here that people seem to miss.

1. Just because Android or another OS has had a feature does not mean it's off limits to everyone else. Mercedes was the first car manufacturer to feature Anti-Lock brakes on a production car. Do you dismiss the ABS brakes on your car because it wasn't the first car maker to feature it? I think not.
2. Apple tends to implement/execute an existing feature better than Android in most cases. Looking at the widgets in iOS 14:
   1. Widgets in iOS can be stacked. i.e. you can have multiple widgets occupy the same space on your home screen and just scroll through it. I do not recall Android widgets having this functionality.
   2. Widgets in iOS are "smart". I have a widget stack on my home screen made of Weather, calendar, map. Depending on the time of day the widget changes on its own. In the morning it's weather and calendar, toward the evening it changes to maps (usually when I commute home).
3. Supported hardware: Apple is supporting an iPhone from 2015 that costs $650.00 at the time with the latest version of iOS 14. You'd be lucky to get an Android update on a 2 year old $1200.00 Android flagship phone.
4. For those of us who prefer iOS and Apple's ecosystem we will gladly take any existing feature from another platform because it just makes our user experience even better.

+1

 

[C DM]

Threads like this always spring up year after year after WWDC. I want to bring up some points here that people seem to miss.

1. Just because Android or another OS has had a feature does not mean it's off limits to everyone else. Mercedes was the first car manufacturer to feature Anti-Lock brakes on a production car. Do you dismiss the ABS brakes on your car because it wasn't the first car maker to feature it? I think not.
2. Apple tends to implement/execute an existing feature better than Android in most cases. Looking at the widgets in iOS 14:
   1. Widgets in iOS can be stacked. i.e. you can have multiple widgets occupy the same space on your home screen and just scroll through it. I do not recall Android widgets having this functionality.
   2. Widgets in iOS are "smart". I have a widget stack on my home screen made of Weather, calendar, map. Depending on the time of day the widget changes on its own. In the morning it's weather and calendar, toward the evening it changes to maps (usually when I commute home).
3. Supported hardware: Apple is supporting an iPhone from 2015 that costs $650.00 at the time with the latest version of iOS 14. You'd be lucky to get an Android update on a 2 year old $1200.00 Android flagship phone.
4. For those of us who prefer iOS and Apple's ecosystem we will gladly take any existing feature from another platform because it just makes our user experience even better.

Ultimately, what it really comes down to is whether or not the fact that Android (or really some particular flavor of it or some particular manufacturer) might or might not have offered or offers something, does it, or really should it, matter somehow to those who are using iOS? Maybe to the extent that it applies to bullet 4, but that's really it.

 

[Armen]

Ultimately, what it really comes down to is whether or not the fact that Android (or really some particular flavor of it or some particular manufacturer) might or might not have offered or offers something, does it or really should it matter somehow to those who are using iOS?

Nice to see you're still around CDM.

 

[C DM]

Nice to see you're still around CDM.

You as well.

 

[compwiz1202]

Threads like this always spring up year after year after WWDC. I want to bring up some points here that people seem to miss.

1. Just because Android or another OS has had a feature does not mean it's off limits to everyone else. Mercedes was the first car manufacturer to feature Anti-Lock brakes on a production car. Do you dismiss the ABS brakes on your car because it wasn't the first car maker to feature it? I think not.
2. Apple tends to implement/execute an existing feature better than Android in most cases. Looking at the widgets in iOS 14:
   1. Widgets in iOS can be stacked. i.e. you can have multiple widgets occupy the same space on your home screen and just scroll through it. I do not recall Android widgets having this functionality.
   2. Widgets in iOS are "smart". I have a widget stack on my home screen made of Weather, calendar, map. Depending on the time of day the widget changes on its own. In the morning it's weather and calendar, toward the evening it changes to maps (usually when I commute home).
3. Supported hardware: Apple is supporting an iPhone from 2015 that costs $650.00 at the time with the latest version of iOS 14. You'd be lucky to get an Android update on a 2 year old $1200.00 Android flagship phone.
4. For those of us who prefer iOS and Apple's ecosystem we will gladly take any existing feature from another platform because it just makes our user experience even better.

Yea features are all I miss from Android, and now we have pinned messages and banner incoming calls and skippable alarms. Can't think of what else is left that would be nice anymore.

 

[1193001]

now the one thing apple really needs to fix is the damn stupid notifications and lack of choosing custom notification sounds per app

 

[iphonehype]

Why we triggered bro?