Apple has just released the latest update for its software and operating system, including iOS 16. It turns out that many of Apple's new innovations are following Android features.
The widget on the lock screen brought by iOS 16 is actually already present on Android. This feature was present in Androdi 4.2 Jelly Bean which was released 10 years ago, but was later removed in Android 5.0 due to privacy concerns.
Live Text and Visual Look Up are Apple's answer to the Google Lens feature on Android. This feature allows iPhone to recognize text and other objects in photos. But in iOS 16 Apple increased the ability of this feature to be able to move objects from a photo to another application.
So far, iPhone users have to wear an Apple Watch if they want to log their physical activity. But thanks to iOS 16, iPhone can now count steps, distance covered and other sports. Android users have long been able to record their physical activity without a smartwatch or smartband since the presence of fitness apps like Google Fit.
iPhone users can now share their photo albums in iCloud with family and friends thanks to the Shared Photo Library feature. Android users have been able to use this feature since Google Photos launched the Shared Libraries feature in 2017.
iOS 16 brings an update to the Mail app on iPhone by bringing features like Remind Later, Follow Up, Schedule, and Undo Send. These features have been available in the Gmail app since a few years ago.
The Dictation feature in iOS 16 is now enhanced with the help of machine learning so that users can dictate the content of messages to iPhone without having to think about punctuation. It turns out that this feature is already present on the Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro.
Feeling haptic feedback while typing on the default keyboard on Android phones is common. It turns out that Apple has just brought the haptic feedback feature on the keyboard to the iPhone through the iOS 16 update.
Apple Maps now has a feature to add multiple stops to a route. Again, this feature has been in Google Maps for Android and iOS since 2016.
iPad users can now set the size of the open application window and open multiple windows at once on one screen. Features like this have certainly been available on Android tablets for a long time, and have even been brought to folding screen phones.
The always-on display (AOD) feature is not officially present in iOS 16, but there are some codes in iOS 16 that indicate this feature will be coming to iPhone soon. Android users are certainly familiar with the AOD feature popularized by the Samsung Galaxy S7.