Google Says iOS 26 Copies Three Android Features

[UliBaer]

I have not seen anything innovative in years on Android.

I do not do anything dodgy, I do not use Android.

So I conclude, you don't know anything about android, simply because you never used it.

 

[Stuwil]

Ah, no. Google has been known to try things, not implement them well and then drop them. Android has a demographic where people do not spend money and attempts to download applications for free instead of purchasing them.

did you take that call from 2008 I think they want you back

Android by its nature is more innovative than iOS because it has to be
Unlike apple who has a certain demographic that doesn’t like change

That Called trying things out to see if it works & if it doesn’t then they try something else unlike waiting to see if software features work and then take it years later and then put it into your platform

 

[Stuwil]

I do not do anything dodgy, I do not use Android.

Then you can’t really comment then because it’s not a true opinion on android as a product

 

[Dr Nobody Important]

It always vaguely amuses me when someone comments about "Android originally copying Apple," in such a way as to doubt that it actually happened that way. My first thought when I see such comments is to wonder just how young the poster must be... because surely if they were at least a teenager in 2007, they would very clearly remember the changes that took place after Steve showed off that first iPhone, even if they somehow never watched the actual keynote speech. I mean, those of us who can comfortably call ourselves "old farts" and remember these events lived through a literal revolution in interface design! Sure, some may argue that there were isolated elements of the iPhone in a few random places that Apple (ahem) must have copied... and maybe there's some small element of truth to that. But Apple put those elements together to come up with something genuinely new and unique... and the resulting product (the iPhone) ultimately changed how absolutely everybody interacts with their devices and with each other. How could anyone forget such a thing, even almost two decades later?

If, for some reason, you genuinely don't know what I'm referring to... please, just do a quick google image search for "android before and after iphone." I mean, if I was looking at those image results for the very first time, I suppose I'd be a bit shocked and confused, too, and I might even go looking for further evidence of Android's true origins... but honestly, that evidence really is out there for all to see, and it's not at all difficult to find.

So sure: Apple has copied Xerox, Microsoft, Google and probably quite a few others over the years. But Microsoft really did copy the Mac, lock-stock-and-barrel, and Google really did copy the iPhone, lock-stock-and-barrel. And Apple's ideas -- which so many others have quickly copied -- really have changed the world. This is not a speculative discussion; it's recorded history.

Android was just a digital camera software until purchased by Google to release the first Android for smartphones in 2008. The funny thing is that it was Apple that introduced the first fully touch-first smartphone to the market and everyone followed. I switched from a Windows Phone (after using Windows Mobile since 1996) to the iPhone. Every time I help someone with their Android device, the Android device feels like it was designed by schizophrenics for schizophrenics without any logic to the design.

 

[Dr Nobody Important]

did you take that call from 2008 I think they want you back

Android by its nature is more innovative than iOS because it has to be
Unlike apple who has a certain demographic that doesn’t like change

That Called trying things out to see if it works & if it doesn’t then they try something else unlike waiting to see if software features work and then take it years later and then put it into your platform

Apple takes time to develop features before releasing them. Android is just plain garbage and nothing worth copying.

 

[Dr Nobody Important]

Then you can’t really comment then because it’s not a true opinion on android as a product

Actually I can as I have helped others with their Android devices. There is nothing on Android that is worthy of considering an Android device or for Apple to copy.

 

[Dr Nobody Important]

So I conclude, you don't know anything about android, simply because you never used it.

I know everything there is to know about Android. I do not have to use it in order to know how the system is designed along with the underlying infrastructure. I avoid purchasing devices with poorly designed systems.

 

[Stuwil]

Apple takes time to develop features before releasing them. Android is just plain garbage and nothing worth copying.

Or they wait to see if software features work on android and then implement it on iOS
Because by doing that
It helps because there certain demographic can get used to it
And it means they don’t look like failures when it fails

 

[Stuwil]

Actually I can as I have helped others with their Android devices. There is nothing on Android that is worthy of considering an Android device or for Apple to copy.

Then why are Apple implementing software features that have been on android for years then
If you really want to be like that then why did apple bring out a plus size device
When Samsung had one out first

 

[Stuwil]

Android was just a digital camera software until purchased by Google to release the first Android for smartphones in 2008. The funny thing is that it was Apple that introduced the first fully touch-first smartphone to the market and everyone followed. I switched from a Windows Phone (after using Windows Mobile since 1996) to the iPhone. Every time I help someone with their Android device, the Android device feels like it was designed by schizophrenics for schizophrenics without any logic to the design.

That’s because android is on multiple different
OEM’s it’s not just one company
I don’t think that’s correct making fun of people’s mental health conditions

 

[Dr Nobody Important]

That’s because android is on multiple different
OEM’s it’s not just one company
I don’t think that’s correct making fun of people’s mental health conditions

That is because Google has no design on the system. I was not making fun of any person’s mental heath conditions. Just describing the chaos of how poorly designed the system is.

 

[Dr Nobody Important]

Or they wait to see if software features work on android and then implement it on iOS
Because by doing that
It helps because there certain demographic can get used to it
And it means they don’t look like failures when it fails

No, it takes longer than the five minutes that Google spends on anything to something worthwhile.

 

[Stuwil]

No, it takes longer than the five minutes that Google spends on anything to something worthwhile.

Then why are Apple implementing features that have been on android for years

 

[Stuwil]

That is because Google has no design on the system. I was not making fun of any person’s mental heath conditions. Just describing the chaos of how poorly designed the system is.

If there is no design on the system then how can you not like the design because you have just said yourself there is no design?
You do understand that android is on multiple different devices and each company can put there own skin on top to differentiate it from others
For example the software on the S25 ultra looks different from the software on the pixel 9 for example
That’s why google have to be more innovative than apple when it comes to their platforms

 

[I7guy]

Shrug2008 called they want to know if your going back there anytime soon 😂

In order to prove a point, sure. 🤷‍♂️

On a side note google can implement things into android before apple because apple has a certain demographic that won’t accept new things

No Apple has a certain demographic that won’t accept features that aren’t polished

 

[Stuwil]

In order to prove a point, sure. 🤷‍♂️

No Apple has a certain demographic that won’t accept features that aren’t polished

Then why are they implementing Android software features into the new IOS 26
Because google have to innovate more with android and apple have a certain demographic that doesn’t like change

 

[alexandr]

It always vaguely amuses me when someone comments about "Android originally copying Apple," in such a way as to doubt that it actually happened that way. My first thought when I see such comments is to wonder just how young the poster must be... because surely if they were at least a teenager in 2007, they would very clearly remember the changes that took place after Steve showed off that first iPhone, even if they somehow never watched the actual keynote speech. I mean, those of us who can comfortably call ourselves "old farts" and remember these events lived through a literal revolution in interface design! Sure, some may argue that there were isolated elements of the iPhone in a few random places that Apple (ahem) must have copied... and maybe there's some small element of truth to that. But Apple put those elements together to come up with something genuinely new and unique... and the resulting product (the iPhone) ultimately changed how absolutely everybody interacts with their devices and with each other. How could anyone forget such a thing, even almost two decades later?

If, for some reason, you genuinely don't know what I'm referring to... please, just do a quick google image search for "android before and after iphone." I mean, if I was looking at those image results for the very first time, I suppose I'd be a bit shocked and confused, too, and I might even go looking for further evidence of Android's true origins... but honestly, that evidence really is out there for all to see, and it's not at all difficult to find.

So sure: Apple has copied Xerox, Microsoft, Google and probably quite a few others over the years. But Microsoft really did copy the Mac, lock-stock-and-barrel, and Google really did copy the iPhone, lock-stock-and-barrel. And Apple's ideas -- which so many others have quickly copied -- really have changed the world. This is not a speculative discussion; it's recorded history.

Here's the thing... I wasn't kidding. I was 26 when the iPhone was announced and released. I watched the keynote as it took place. I got the iPhone the day it came out... and I laughed my ass off when I saw the first android that ripped off iOS, because other than poor spacing and the icon corners being a bit more squared — it was just an uglier version of iOS.

 

[HazeAndHahmahneez]

Google:
Hey world! You know this thing only we were doing? APPLE IS DOING IT THIS FALL!
Apple:
Thanks for the free advertising, Google!

Idiots.

At least Apple doesn’t harvest all your personal data and sell it. That’s the killer feature for me

Preach! Oh and the personal data also of whkmoever that droid user is contacting smh

Does Google do hold assist and call screening using on device AI? Or does Google vacuum up your personal messages into their pile of data to better target you with annoying ads?

Bingo

Google really put an ad that says “The iPhone now does the same things as our phones so now there’s no reason to buy from us.”

Morons…

Until now Android has offered more platform freedom, flexibility and functionality (with associated risks), while Apple were offering a really polished walled garden (with their own set of sometimes bizarre rules and restrictions). Android is still behind on the design and eye candy, while Apple lag behind with AI deployment, split screen functionality for iPhones, etc. Interesting times, basically. 😉

Ppl shouldn’t be trading privacy for convenience as is common for Google software/hardware

I remember Google spending years and millions of dollars BEGGING Apple to “copy” RCS. They need to **** or advertise on what continues to set their products apart from iPhone. It’s not a flex that Apple took what you do and did it better WITH privacy built in.

Took what exactly and did it better with privacy?…AI stuff?

Since Google copied the idea of a buttonless smartphone, the overall phone design, touch controls and everything else since 2007 - I think they don’t have the right to say anything.

Get em!

What about time remaining until battery full? We are only now getting it, when it's been around on phones that are far from top-of-the-line for the longest time.

Maybe if Apple focused more on innovating in the smartphone department than on their latest movie then we would actually get some new features that aren't "inspired" by other manufacturers' devices.

lol wut

cool. android copied iOS. entirely.

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They did initially. Google was literally about to release a Blackberry/Moto Q clone with a button and keyboard based single touch OS until they saw the iPhone keynote at which point they completely pivoted to the multi-touch based phone OS and OS we know. Android later had unique features but it's all built on a copy of what Apple first released.

Smh neva knew this lil anecdote, interesting

Apple refrains from launching features that compromise user privacy and security.
Fine examples are TouchID and FaceID, no personal identifiable data leaves the device or gets saved to a file that could be harvested.
Apple has been using AI for many years, called ML; many people think Apple has been late to the AI Race, but they are wrong.
Apple’s AI implementation focuses on security and privacy; unlike Google and the rest of the Android gang.
Apple is bringing 3 new features done the right way, with privacy and security in mind.

Preach that good word, friend.

As a Digital Forensics Examiner, I can definitely say that Android is not secure. That does not mean that people do not have issues with Android because 99.9999% of Android users only use the devices to make and receive phone calls. There is new malware running around for Android that is bad enough that the FBI has issued a warning. Google is completely jealous because they are not trusted and cannot produce a good product. The only good product that Google sells is from a company they bought and the product was built by ex-Apple employees, Nest.

When choosing apartments I had the choice between nest or no nest thermostats…and afta looking it. Up online the Google owned
Nest was a no go fa sho’ doe!

Android was just a digital camera software until purchased by Google to release the first Android for smartphones in 2008. The funny thing is that it was Apple that introduced the first fully touch-first smartphone to the market and everyone followed. I switched from a Windows Phone (after using Windows Mobile since 1996) to the iPhone. Every time I help someone with their Android device, the Android device feels like it was designed by schizophrenics for schizophrenics without any logic to the design.

Android ui is a mess. Settings app etc. all of it.

 

[Amazing Iceman]

no what apple does mainly is sit back and waits to see what sticks and then implements it they have been known to do this for years

LOL! If that was true, then the first iPhone should have come with a physical keyboard; that was popular at the time.
A phone without a physical keyboard was not what people wanted back then.You probably weren't born back then, or not old enough to remember that.

 

[Rradcircless]

Idiots.



Preach! Oh and the personal data also of whkmoever that droid user is contacting smh




Bingo



Morons…



Ppl shouldn’t be trading privacy for convenience as is common for Google software/hardware



Took what exactly and did it better with privacy?…AI stuff?



Get em!




lol wut



🙏🏽
🙌🏽
👏🏽



Smh neva knew this lil anecdote, interesting



Preach that good word, friend.



When choosing apartments I had the choice between nest or no nest thermostats…and afta looking it. Up online the Google owned
Nest was a no go fa sho’ doe!




Android ui is a mess. Settings app etc. all of it.

Can't believe it was so important to you that you mass quote people just to share your takes lol 😂

 

[darngooddesign]

Smh neva knew this lil anecdote, interesting

Google's reaction to Apple's iPhone unveiling: 'We're going to have to start over' on Android | AppleInsider

The iPhone's 2007 introduction was not only a watershed moment for Apple, but also a turning point for Google's Android team, according to an excerpt from a new book on the subject.

appleinsider.com

 

[Amazing Iceman]

Google's reaction to Apple's iPhone unveiling: 'We're going to have to start over' on Android | AppleInsider

The iPhone's 2007 introduction was not only a watershed moment for Apple, but also a turning point for Google's Android team, according to an excerpt from a new book on the subject.

appleinsider.com

Yeah, to some it’s so easy and convenient to forget history.

Like this “new” bachata song “Stand by me”… people don’t know who the original author was over 50 years ago.

 

[Stuwil]

LOL! If that was true, then the first iPhone should have come with a physical keyboard; that was popular at the time.
A phone without a physical keyboard was not what people wanted back then.You probably weren't born back then, or not old enough to remember that.

Again it’s not 2007 that was nearly two decades ago (meaning 20 years ago)
Things have changed in certain aspects google has implemented certain changes to their OS for the better because they can
And apple because of their demographic can’t do things like that and that is the issue apple has

In fact as someone who has purchased iPhones for ex amount of years I would say there used to be a gap in terms of software between iOS and android this gap no longer exists anymore and one of the problems is apple have a demographic they have to cater for and that hinders them

 

[artifex]

I wish Apple would copy Android notifications styles. I also wish all iOS apps would make use of the full screen on iPads like Android apps do. The stuff this ad talks about would just be bonus on top of those things. The only people texting me in other languages are spammers. On the other hand, it'd be funny if both Apple and Google made their hold assistants say things like 'we had to wait for you for 23 minutes, so you'd better give us time to pick up our end, now.'

edit: oh, BTW I know Google only offers the call screening on Pixels now, but way back when it was first introduced, I had a Moto phone that had access to it as well. Unsurprisingly, most people just heard the voice and thought it was an answering machine and hung up. Hopefully now that a lot more devices in general will be able to do some sort of call screening, people will start interacting with them.

 

[Samurai-Jack]

The video, part of the ongoing #BestPhonesForever series, shows an iPhone and a Pixel 9 Pro talking to each other on a fictional podcast.

"I announced live translation for text messages," the iPhone says.

"And it turned out I had that four years ago," the Pixel 9 Pro responds.

So, I added automatic message translation to the open source Mac Instant Messaging app “Fire”, back around 2000. So Google just copied me, but 22 years later, what losers!

Incidentally, Microsoft added this feature to MSN Messenger back in 2002 and tried to patent it, but surprise, there was what they call “prior art”…