5 iOS Features Apple Copied From Android

Joseph Henry, Tech Times 05 March 2023, 10:03 am

If you ask your friend about a mobile operating system, it should only go down between the iOS and Android OS. Present smartphones update their software features based on them.

Actually, it's still not clear which is the pioneer of the mobile OS between Apple and Google. Some people think that the Cupertino giant is the first to launch it while some believe that it's the search engine firm.

For this part, we will talk about the five major iOS features that Apple borrowed from Google. Check this article so you won't miss any information about them.

5 iOS Features That Originally Came From Android OS

5 iOS Features that Apple Copied From Google's Android OS

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Here are some of the iOS features that originally came from Android OS.

There are many features that the iPhone maker copied from Google. However, we are only discussing five of them. You might have encountered some of them already and thought that they are exclusive to iOS devices.

Lock Screen Customizations

Lock screen customizations are one of the newest features to look at on iOS 16. With the arrival of iPhone 14, some users think that Apple did a great job in releasing this update so they have a lot of activities to do on the home screen alone.

With these customizations, they can use various widgets and even alter the typeface of the clock. Aside from them, Apple also copied the always-on display feature which is currently present in next-gen iPhones.

For several years, these upgrades have been contained inside Android. It's possible that people have little to no clue about their origin from Google's OS especially since Apple perfectly launched this feature on its end.

PiP Video Playback

Did you know that the picture-in-picture video playback on iOS is not Apple's original feature for iPhones? Six years ago, Android Oreo used to roll out this support for users who want to watch a Youtube video.

Apple first unveiled this feature in iOS 14 in 2020 until it became a trend among iPhone app developers.

Default Apps

Before Apple users get used to setting default apps, the Android users are the ones to first experiment with them.

Just like the previous Android OS feature, it did not become readily available until the launch of iOS 14.

App Library

Before, there's no way to organize your applications and games. You can't compile them into folders since there's no supported feature for that on iOS.

However, it was confirmed that the App Library first came out on Android OS before it entered iOS. Apple made a huge change in allowing users to customize shortcuts for their apps through this feature.

Home Screen Widgets

The most popular OS feature that you can see in today's iPhones is the home screen widgets. Apple introduces this feature to give away for more widget designs in the home screen. While it was only launched in iOS 14 three years ago, the feature was already existing on Android phones for more than 10 years.