Android App Copying iPhone 14 Pro's Dynamic Island Released on Play Store

[GuruZac]

I know, the least they could have done is name it 1000 Island or something...

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I laughed out loud reading that 🤣

 

[macsplusmacs]

A week before the announcement they were trolling apple about the things you won’t find on an Apple phone and a week later rushing to copy them

It's the life of the also-rans, it's how they run.

 

[ThisBougieLife]

Android lets you play around with things like this in a way that iOS doesn't. I don't use Android so I have no idea if this is actually a significant change for the better in terms of daily phone use. The Dynamic Island looks pretty cool, but it remains to be seen how much it improves the iPhone experience. One thing right off the bat though is getting rid of that annoying intrusive "low battery" pop-up. That right there might make me want to upgrade.

 

[Benlurks1010]

Now if anyone asks me for the new iPhone for Christmas, I can just grab a $40 prepaid Android from Dollar General and install this on it!

 

[ghostface147]

Apple copies stuff all the time, so meh.

 

[russell_314]

They'll probably call it Samsung Island.

That would be funny

 

[GuruZac]

Android lets you play around with things like this in a way that iOS doesn't. I don't use Android so I have no idea if this is actually a significant change for the better in terms of daily phone use. The Dynamic Island looks pretty cool, but it remains to be seen how much it improves the iPhone experience. One thing right off the bat though is getting rid of that annoying intrusive "low battery" pop-up. That right there might make me want to upgrade.

Well I think the fact that Apple is utilizing what would be a pill shaped dead space in to something interactive in and of itself is a cool feature. Nobody saw it coming and it's the one feature I find most interesting on the 14 Pro. All other aspects of the 14 Pro are very iterative from the 13 Pro, but leave it Apple to execute something like Dynamic Island well. Features like that are what Apple is really good at. Hopefully it continues to develop and not die off the way 3D Touch did.

 

[Razor_Crest]

I’m waiting for Samsung to make a stupid commercial making fun of it then copying it. Come on Samsung you know you want to 🤣

They’re having too much fun with the megabyte count to care!

 

[DMG35]

Android OS (aka Google) is not copying. This is just an app made by a user. Android has the option to do stuff like this.... I can also my my Android look like a windows 10 PC if i wanted to. A simple free software allows android users to do stuff that Apple wants to charge its users $1000+ for. Not sure who is "losing" in this scenario? Pretty sure its apple as this is the only "innovation" they can come up with to charge money for a new slightly altered phone design.

No one is forcing anyone to use Apple. If Android is so great (imo it’s garbage) then people have the option of choosing it.

Most people don’t want to tinker around with their phones and make it look like a Windows 10 PC (why would anyone want this?). For those that do, there is Android.

 

[russell_314]

First of all, this is from some 3rd party developer and not a manufacturer implemented feature. Secondly, this is not 2010. Times have changed. Android is not laggy. It is now a lot smoother with even faster scrolling speed. If you want to talk about bad lags, look no further than the iphone version of google maps.

I think you took my comment way way too seriously. Google will survive just fine without you here to defend them on MacRumors 😂😂😂

 

[russell_314]

They’re having too much fun with the megabyte count to care!

Did I miss one of their silly commercials? Some of them were funny. I thought the haircut one was pretty funny.

 

[assb10yr]

Android as usual is FUGLY!!

 

[GMShadow]

It's because Android users have the ability to modify the OS like this and their phones always get cool features like a back display for notifications. So they're used to cool stuff like this, while we end up waiting years for stuff like customizable lock screens and always on displays.

We really need sideloading...

Why don't you buy an Android phone if it's so great then?

 

[Kissmo1980]

this is an app made by a developer not embedded in Android OS

You gotta pay to use it as it works on iPhone - lock screen, etc…

And it’s scary that it requests access to everything - including reading your messages, notifications and your screen.


So yeah. Dynamic privacy concerns….

 

[contacos]

This kind of speaks for Android in the sense of Developers being able to release such system tweaks while on iOS you are basically locked into what Apple allows you to do (i would like for the silent icon to come back for example). I know, both systems have its perks and it’s good there is competition

 

[davidelkington]

I develop on both Android and iOS, we used to have 600 android tablets and an iPad, 2 years later we have 800 iPads and 10 legacy Android tablets.... It is what it is....

 

[miamialley]

Dynamic spot lol.

 

[russell_314]

And it’s scary that it requests access to everything - including reading your messages, notifications and your screen.


So yeah. Dynamic privacy concerns….

Can you deny permissions, but still install the app?

 

[JosephAW]

Well we know who's leading again

 

[oneMadRssn]

This is kind of one of the cool things about Android. On the plus side, you can really customize the UI and there are tons of options. On the downside, because of the wide variety of hardware, things can be pretty janky.

 

[ouruniverse06131986]

And by copying Apple. They’re ACTUALLY admitting that Apple is better. think about it.

 

[I7guy]

Plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery.

 

[Derekuda]

I develop on both Android and iOS, we used to have 600 android tablets and an iPad, 2 years later we have 800 iPads and 10 legacy Android tablets.... It is what it is....

If this is supposed to be a dunk on Android, its a terrible comparison. The tablet market is pretty much dead... except for apple who seems to be trying to replace the mac with ipads.
Whats your iphone to android phone numbers?

 

[Hushpuppy!]

First of all, this is from some 3rd party developer and not a manufacturer implemented feature. Secondly, this is not 2010. Times have changed. Android is not laggy. It is now a lot smoother with even faster scrolling speed. If you want to talk about bad lags, look no further than the iphone version of google maps.

Google is responsible for upkeep on the Google maps app on iPhone. If it’s laggy it’s because of them.

 

[that be me]

If you believe for second that the Dynamic Island is a unique selling feature, knowing it's primarily software based, I have an island to sell you 😉. I'm only surprised it took this long.