That sucks! With all those permissions, it would be silly to install it on a phone that you use.You can but it won’t work
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Android App Copying iPhone 14 Pro's Dynamic Island Released on Play Store
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It'll be interesting to see if Google tries to implement something similar in the next version of android.
This specific developer was? What are you talking about?
Cool! It's not like technology innovations (especially when they concern the arbitrarily necessary feature of a camera cutout/indentation/notch) exist in a vacuum. If we have to have punchouts for cameras, then Dynamic Island isn't a poor consolation prize at all! No reason to deny Android users the same love here.
Well… I tested it on a separate older phone I never use but have it for when I travel.
These apps from Play Store are always fishy.
I understand it needs to read notifications and messages to display them in the “island”.
However there is no guarantee of privacy or anything.
That is the Android issue in general! No store review of Software makes everything anyone publishes a high risk.
This is why I always say: Samsung makes some amazing HW - too bad they run Android.
Now I need an app to enable Dynamic Island on my MacBook Pro 14. Can someone make one for the notch? xD
That has been their playbook for years:
Mocked no removable battery
Mocked no port for headphones
….
Just to name a couple
wait.....so they are calling this out but ignoring how Apple is copying always on display? And lock screen widgets?
lets just all admit they all copy from each other! Then we as consumers all benefit from this as we get better features on our phones.....
lets just all admit they all copy from each other! Then we as consumers all benefit from this as we get better features on our phones.....
Do you guys seriously think that "Android" is a single company that makes all phones and apps??
And the Android owners who were trashing the Dynamic Island will now download it and praise it and probably say Apple copied it from the Android App Store or Play Store whatever it is called.
I'm pretty sure people here know it is an OS that has more flavors than Baskin Robbins and most people using one don't know what flavor they have. But can rest assured it is just as inferior as all the other flavors when compared to iOS.
I don’t know why it would be “depressing” for Apple users? Most of us don’t know or care what’s going on with Android while they live in a constant state of insecurity always comparing and justifying.
There’s literally nothing Android could offer that would make me switch because it’s the ecosystem, not any feature or device, that’s the value and that’s something no Android manufacturer will ever have.
The name “dynamic spot” is better than “dynamic island”.
Apple could have at least gone with something like “dynamic station” or “dynamic bar”
Apple could have at least gone with something like “dynamic station” or “dynamic bar”
Exactly. I feel like this so much. I see everywhere android always comparing to apple but never apple comparing to android. You don’t compare yourself to something lesser.
That particular user is only informing you that Android is not laggy and this particular copycat feature is from a 3rd party dev not associated with Samsung or Google. I don’t see how they are taking it too serious? It’s not about defending Google… and yes, we are on MacRumors yet they post an article discussing a feature on Android.