10 Things Android Had Before IOS

10 Things Android had Before iOS

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Published 30 Jan 2015

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Every time a new version of iOS comes out, iOS fanboys spend weeks raving about the new features. IOS 8 lets you add third-party keyboards; that’s so revolutionary! When Android phones started adding NFC using Wallet, it was an experiment. Still, now that iPhones have Apple Pay, it’s an industry-changing technology. Luckily, we pioneering Android users are cool with beta-testing the future of iOS tech. Here are 10 iOS iPhone features that Apple totally copied from Android.

Custom Wallpapers

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iOS users will try to forget this, but you can’t change the background on an iPhone. Unless you jailbroke it before iOS 4. And iPhones still didn’t have live wallpapers. IOS 7’s parallax effect doesn’t count.

Multitasking

Android users have always been able to switch between apps quickly without losing their place. But iOS users? Not so much.

Third Party Keyboards

Before iOS 8, iPhone users looked like this. But now they use Swype or Swiftkey like the rest of the civilized world.

Cameras with Flashes

iOS users had to re-learn how to use cameras with flashes, when the iPhone 4 finally got an LED flash.

Bigger Phones

Whereas iPhone users! Didn’t need giant phones like you, Samsung Galaxy Note users! Except, actually, that would be pretty cool.

NFC Payments

Android users were using NFC payments long before Apple Pay came along. Like, at least two years before Apple Pay came along.

Predictive Typing

Until iOS 8, the only predictive-typing capability iPhones had was terrible autocorrect.

A Quick Access Settings Panel

Swiping up or down from any screen to access a convenient settings panel? Yeah, Android’s had that for a while, guys, but iOS has only had it since the iPhone 7.

Over The Air Updates

iOS users couldn’t update their OS over the air until the iPhone S5. In contrast, Android users have been wirelessly updating forever. On the flip side, Android updates were notoriously slow to drop.

Interactive Notifications

In iOS 8, iPhone users could interact with some notifications without ever entering the actual app. Yet another new iOS feature that Android has had for a long time!