8 Android features that iOS users lack
Borrowing ideas is a common practice in the world of technology.
It should be some kind of innovation on the market, as competitors immediately copy it. Android copies on iOS, iOS copies on Android. Not so long ago, for example, we wrote that
some new iPhone 7 features in fact, not new at all.
The iGate.com publication named eight Android functions that have not yet been ported to iOS, and which, judging by the comments on the network, are very interesting for iPhone and iPad users. 1. Continuous input on the original keyboard Gesture Typing ("Continuous input") - the keyboard mode, in which the user does not need to take his palette off the screen, but just slide them from letter to letter.
You need to get used to this input method at first. Continuous input assumes that the user knows exactly where a letter is located on the keyboard, and does not forgive the chaotic finger scrolling on the screen in search of the desired character.
But it is worth getting used to, this input method begins to seem the most convenient of the possible. Of course, there are many apps for iOS that make similar input possible on the iPhone.
But for Android users, the sliding input function is available by default, you just need to enable it in the section "Settings - Language and input - Google keyboard settings - Continuous input". 2. Keytips Another very convenient and unique property of Google’s native keyboard is the presence of keyboard prompts that are displayed thanks to a long press on the button.
Once you try this feature, it will be very difficult to refuse to use it. You can activate it in the section "Settings - Language and input - Google keyboard settings - Settings".
Just check the “Long press for hints” option. 3. Automatic power saving mode One of the most useful features of the new versions of Android is the smart power-saving mode, which can be activated in the "Settings - Battery" section.
When the battery charge decreases to the level set by the user, the smartphone starts to turn off background applications on its own. IOS 9 also has a power-saving feature.
It turns on when the charge in the smartphone battery is reduced to 20%. But you can’t set the mark manually, for example, at 5% or 15%. Why? Ask Apple.
4. Installing applications from the web version of the store App Store App Store works great if you run it from under iOS, but many consider the web version not too convenient.
On Google Play, there is a function that Apple would definitely be worth copying. It's about installing applications remotely. For example, if your smartphone is connected to the Internet and synchronized with your Google account, you can remotely install applications from Google Play on your computer from it.
Apple gadgets don't do that. In the case of iOS, you can add the application to your library from the web version of the App Store, but then you still have to take a smartphone, go to this library and install the application manually. 5. Customizable Do Not Disturb In Android, the Do Not Disturb feature, accessible from the quick settings menu, can easily be programmed to automatically turn off.
You just need to lower the notification area from above, click on the active “Do Not Disturb” function, and in the settings menu that opens, switch the “Planning” parameter, indicating the desired turn-on and turn-off time. In iOS, you can literally with one click enter the Do Not Disturb mode.
But to plan it in advance will not work. You also have to manually exit this mode.
And this also needs to be remembered. 6. Application cache clear function Some applications quickly turn into memory eaters.
Fortunately, on Android, you can quickly free up space by deleting the cache data of all applications at once. To do this, go to "Settings", open the "Memory" section and click on the "Cache Data" option.
In iOS, there is no such useful feature, so users have to hope that in the settings of a particular application there will be an opportunity to clear its cache. Otherwise, the voracious application must be periodically removed and reinstalled.
7. Ability to close all windows at once The latest version of Android Nougat has got an excellent feature that allows the user to close all the windows opened in multitasking mode with one click.
In the upper right corner, the "Close All" button just appears. In iOS, there is no such function yet. 8. Quickly switch between two applications The multitasking mode acquired by Android Nougat allows you to work simultaneously in two windows, but this is not always convenient.
Another useful feature of this mode is the ability to quickly switch between the last two applications in full screen mode. To do this, just double-click on the standard button to open the list of applications. iOS doesn't know how to do that either.