4 Android things that need to be better on iOS

By Aman Rashid: Using a most well-liked working system is generally about behavior – when you get used to both Android or iOS, you may most definitely keep on with utilizing whichever you are snug with. And that’s why it is typically arduous to swap to the opposite facet of the fence whenever you really need to. For instance, I primarily use an Android smartphone, however due to my career I additionally carry an iPhone as my secondary telephone of selection. And on this means, I’m very a lot according to each Android and iOS. However, not everybody carries two telephones like me, and in the event you’re somebody who primarily makes use of an Android telephone however would really like to make the bounce to iOS, you must learn this primary.

You see, change is nice, and if you would like a brand new iPhone, that’s nice too. However, there are nonetheless a ton of options that are lacking from as we speak’s iPhone fashions, even in 2022. And we’re speaking concerning the options that have been current on Android telephones for years. So, which of those important Android options ought to be current on iPhones in 2022? Here is an inventory.

1. Phone companies and name administration might be better

A telephone’s major use is to make calls, and as we speak’s smartphones include a number of options that take name administration to the subsequent degree. But in my view, I nonetheless really feel there’s room for enchancment when it comes to managing name companies on the iPhone.

For instance, the iPhone has a name log, however it is just restricted to saving the final 100 calls, together with the calls out of your social media apps like WhatsApp, and even apps like Google Meet and Zoom. Now, I’m not saying, Android is the perfect right here, however no less than, the restrict on your name historical past is 500, and that’s just for mobile calls. For another name logs, like for WhatsApp or for Zoom calls, you need to go to the respective apps.

Other than that, the iPhone doesn’t have a built-in name recorder. Of course, privateness is one purpose behind all this, and in any case, there are nonetheless options to report calls on iPhones utilizing different strategies. However, having a local name recorder like many Android telephones do would have been superb. Just give customers that possibility.

Finally, one of many smallest but vital omissions in iOS’ swap is that it lacks a T9 swap. Android has had this characteristic for over a decade, however nobody is aware of why we nonetheless haven’t got it on iPhones. It’s like, on Android, if you would like to make a name to Rahul, you open the swap, dial 72486, and also you make the decision, that straightforward. On an iPhone, if this individual is not saved in your favorites, you may need to open the contacts card, seek for the identify, open the contact, after which make the decision. Why the additional step when things can be simpler?

2. Stock keyboard

When it comes to typing on a telephone, my favourite keyboard by far is Gboard by Google. And there are some primary options in Gboard, which merely make me suppose how lame the inventory iOS keyboard is. Now, earlier than we go any additional, let me let you know that sure, Gboard can be out there to obtain on iPhones. However, it does not provide the identical degree of performance because it does on an Android telephone.

With that mentioned, let’s handle among the main ache factors of the iOS keyboard that we expect keyboards on Android telephones do a lot better. Something as primary as a devoted quantity row isn’t current on the inventory iOS keyboard. Apart from this, there isn’t a possibility to modify the peak of the keyboard, not to mention the dimensions of the keyboard in accordance to private desire. Additionally, key options like a one-handed keyboard and a floating keyboard are fully lacking from the iOS keyboard. Finally, the clipboard perform on Android that permits us to copy one thing from one place and paste it into one other software with the Gboard is once more not there on the iOS keyboard.

3. Clumsy WhatsApp expertise

Android or iOS, WhatsApp is the favored messaging app for many individuals world wide. And there is a sure set of options that are platform particular, which means that one thing that’s on iOS will not be on Android and vice versa. However, the fundamental set of options on WhatsApp for Android makes a lot extra sense than that of WhatsApp for iOS.

For instance, by default the chat part on WhatsApp for iOS is the fourth tab from the underside. Unlike Android, the place you open WhatsApp and you’re routinely taken to the chat display screen. Likewise, you’ll be able to’t swipe across the WhatsApp UI on iOS, as you do intuitively on Android. Apart from this, choosing chats on WhatsApp for iOS requires you to first press the Edit button on the high left after which choose the chats one after the other. However, on Android you’ll be able to solely lengthy press on a chat to choose it and take motion. To proceed, forwarding a textual content entails a further step on WhatsApp for iOS, through which you first long-press on chat, then faucet ahead, then faucet the ahead button once more, after which lastly ahead it to the sender. Unlike on Android, the place you merely choose the chat to ahead by lengthy urgent, then faucet the ahead icon and ship it to the sender. Similarly, for sending images, on Android, you faucet the digicam icon, and also you begin choosing a number of images by merely lengthy urgent on them and easily begin sending. But for sending media on WhatsApp for iOS, there’s one additional step once more, the place you first faucet on the digicam after which choose one photograph. After that, to choose a number of images, faucet the + icon, then begin choosing a number of images, and when you’re accomplished, faucet ship. And these had been among the things that make utilizing WhatsApp on Android actually extra intuitive than it’s on iOS.

4. PiP for video calls is half baked

Picture-in-picture mode, or PiP mode, permits customers to multitask whereas one app in a small window hovers over one other app in full display screen. Of course, the perfect instance of PiP mode utilization is watching YouTube movies, and the characteristic works on each Android and iOS units. However, in the event you’ve ever used an Android telephone, you may really feel my sentiment after I say, PiP works precisely as designed. And not solely to watch movies, but in addition to take video calls.

As of now, you’ll be able to solely make PiP video calls on the iPhone whereas utilizing FaceTime, which is Apple’s native (*4*)-based calling service for its ecosystem. However, many different common apps, comparable to WhatsApp, Google Duo (now built-in with Meet) and even Zoom, can not run PiP video calls on an iPhone. For instance, on an Android telephone, if I’m on a WhatsApp video name, then I can actually reduce the app, go to the principle menu and launch one other app, and the caller window will nonetheless be lively. But if I attempt to do the identical factor on an iPhone, say for instance, I’m on a WhatsApp video name on my iPhone, and in between the decision I am going to the principle menu… In this case, as an alternative of the decision switching to PiP mode, mutes the video except and till you flip the app again on.

So, in fact, FaceTime is an iOS unique and PiP video calling with FaceTime works like a appeal on an iPhone. However, different common apps like Google Duo, WhatsApp, Zoom and extra assist PiP video calling on Android, and it is about time iOS did too.