5 Android Features I Wish iPhone Had!

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[@GAMERGEBITER]

The keyboard issue is killing me as an former Android user

[@lostsurferjames5]

At my job we got in iphones for testing our products and damn was making 20 individual apple accounts and having to type in complex passwords absolutely dreadful. That and not having an easy way to toggle apps made sure I never get an iphone.

[@cunty]

then get g-board

[@GAMERGEBITER]

@@cunty Gboard for iOS is not the same as for android, there is no number row for example.

[@cunty]

@@GAMERGEBITER i’m sure there are other keyboard options which provide a number row.

[@GAMERGEBITER]

@@cunty There are, but they are not good. I tested many, no option is any good. They all miss something that the Gboard on Android has. So i rather just use the stock keyboard which is also not great

[@j42241]

I’m an iPhone user, and one thing I wish iPhones had was a “schedule send” option for messages. I know most Androids do, and that makes me jealous. It would be so useful.

[@JoshuaChang]

Did not know that. That’s a sick feature!

[@suzannemcmillan5283]

Yesssss. New iPhone user I really really miss the text scheduling. I used it all the time! It was nice if you think of something late at night but don’t want to send late, reminders to people at the right time…. Please ADD

[@Vanguard1223]

@@suzannemcmillan5283they are adding it in September

[@Mrandyol]

I use all these features as a long-time Android user. Honestly never knew iPhone didn't have these features, and now I'm convinced I'd never pay the Apple premium. The fact the iPhone 15 finally got usb-c and always-on-display is mind boggling for me. Just switched my wife over to Pixel 8 and I don't think she'll be going back - finally my Google Home ecosystem will work for her too.

[@TheKwilliam]

Now do the reverse if possible. 5 iOS features you wish Android had.

[@PSy84]

App developers support, app tracking transparency, high quality uploads im messenger apps and social media, real-time gmail inbox notif, hide my email in all websites using dummy emails, 3D face ID, night shots or videos should show them like in iPhone before taking a shot not just very dark then post processing, fast shutter like point and shoot in iPhone, shortcuts app

[@Iwritereality]

Nothing because android have everything

[@TheKwilliam]

@@Iwritereality haha pretty much but there's a few things. I just wanted to see someone try.

[@Iwritereality]

@@TheKwilliam like what?

[@TheKwilliam]

@@Iwritereality maybe that's why I wanted the iOS user to make the video. I just thought it would be interesting. I don't have an iPhone myself so I don't know a bunch but I'm sure he could come up with a few. Off the top of my head I guess I'd say a few are filming in ProRes, not sure if Androids can video record directly to external storage that isn't an SD card, iMessage without silly hacks. Stuff like that.

[@StephenPaulDeita]

Keyboard Hack: When typing on iOS, you can hold the numbers key then swipe to the symbol you want to put. Voila!

[@rnwy600]

As much as it's anti-Apple by design, I miss the Edge Panel on my Samsung a lot. It was a lightning fast way to access to applications you use a lot such as a calculator app or Maps etc. Even better; you could launch those apps as floating windows just by holding and dropping them to the middle of your screen or as split screen apps by dropping them to either the top or the bottom of your screen. iPhones have alternatives to this, such as the Action Button being able to launch an app via the Shortcuts app or the Spotlight Search feature being a handy little tool for whatever you type in, but, albeit these solutions are prettier, they'll never be as practical, sadly.

[@jorden123]

About the black&white filter... I used to use it all the time in Android, with Work and Sleep modes. In iPhone, you can actually create a shortcut that triggers it and make an automation to turn it off/on/toggle whenever you switch to a certain focus, e.g. Sleep

[@kiennguyen521]

iphone doesn’t even have 5000mAh battery. Having reverse wireless charge is going to demolish the battery

[@sonalmecwan8982]

Didn't know about the Android split screen feature so will be using that!

[@47crazed]

i use both phones and i agree with this.also one UI copied a lot of features i love from iOS. S24 Ultra might be my favorite phone of the year

[@suzannemcmillan5283]

No pause on recording videos on iPhone! So great for sports videoing like baseball in between pitches, etc

[@blueciffer1653]

btw you can get a similar ecosystem to Apple if you use samsung devices

[@_knycks]

Love your video quality and I like that there's finally more android content. I would love for you to have more Android content going forward. Android flagship is just as good as Apple imo sometimes maybe better in other aspects Edit: I use all these features and love it a lot. But from owning an iPhone and an Android (Pixel) concurrently, navigation is easier and notifications are way better than iPhone which is my #1 reason for making my Android my daily driver.

[@wantikjasonchiu4711]

But I really think because there is a grayscale function which if you don’t want to only use functions like bedtime mode to turn on this feature, you can turn it on by going to the Android settings, then About Phone, then tap about 7 times on the build number button then it will turn on developer options which after it is turned on, go back a few screens and open developer options and scroll down until you see something like and option called color correction and turn on grayscale which maybe the phone could look weird, but could actually save battery, because the phone is not always displaying color and just black and white.

[@ahmedtawfik8183]

Swiftkey keyboard have all of these functionalities 1:55

[@alexuqt]

I have the black and white automated, so you can achieve the same. You just create an automation to activate the b&w filter at a certain time everyday, or whenever a focus mode is On.

[@ExpertManOfficial]

My favorite launcher that I use is Smart Launcher 6.

[@wantikjasonchiu4711]

But I think there is also an option to press on the line in between in split screen to show the option to change other apps to split screen with or if you don’t like the way that the app that you’re using is on the bottom, you could use it to change the two apps direction that means originally the app is on the bottom becomes on the top and the top becomes on the bottom.

[@wantikjasonchiu4711]

But you could also charge not only accessories, but any other phone that supports why you charging stand you could just put that phone on the bottom of your phone with your phone screen facing down.

[@Gracelivinglife12]

For me the feature I love most on Android that iOS doesn't have is being able to download apps online called "apks", and even though iPhones do have "ipas", they're really hard to install and you have to plug the iPhone into your laptop and even after that it's still insanely difficult and I gave up when I tried on my iPhone X (I'm now back to Android though), but on Android all it takes is a couple of taps and boom you can download an app online outside of Google play store! I also dislike how iPhone forces you to connect it to a laptop and you have to convert a short mp3 audio to the iPhone ringtone file just to have a custom ringtone without paying, while on Android you can download an mp3 file and immediately set it as your ringtone.

[@apple-guy9394]

The permanent number row and split screen has been on my request list for a long time I don’t know why Apple just doesn’t listen to us.. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@SilvioBritto]

Great video, two notes: #2 - if you wanna try a launcher as good (to me is better) than Nova, and a little more IOSsky (rara) try Smart Launcher. #4 - Dynamic Island is not multitasking, it's a glorified notification. If you lower the notification tray on Android, it does almost all the same with the corresponding apps.

[@wantikjasonchiu4711]

But finally the official keyboard app from Microsoft for iOS called Swiftkey does indeed have a option to permanently add a number row instead of holding one of the keys to type a number.

[@rc50051]

WWDC24: **adds iOS 18 feautures** Before WWDC24: 2:38

[@sohamj4in]

You could probably do the greyscale mode automatically with shortcut automation. I have something similar enabled for me.

[@JoshuaChang]

Interesting. Def gonna look into this!

[@cunty]

you can, i have one set up for school and sleep mode. takes like 2 minutes to set up.

[@JoshuaChang]

@@cunty figured it out. Didn’t take long at all! Great suggestion

[@cunty]

@@JoshuaChang shortcuts are genuinely incredible. they are one of the things i’d miss most if i switched back to android.

[@markrome9702]

SwiftKey keyboard gives you a full number row.

[@liviurosca]

I always had 2 phones but since 13 Pro iPhone became my main device. Main reason for switching was because i love iPads and second i still want a flagship without having a big phone. However, i only have one problem with iPhones. Screen zoom. Basically on Plus/Max versions you don’t see extra content, you just see same things but bigger. A lot of wasted screen space in general UI. Even homescreen folder it’s 3x3 icons… Switching to a bigger screen don’t make any sense…

[@DavidMorenoH]

Nice vid. I mean, these are all your opinions and agree mostly on them except the last one. iPhone battery is not good already and then sharing it through reverse charging would be a terrible decision. Just get a power bank, they are cheap, portable and relieve of all battery anxiety.

[@joacn]

4:55 when you have the downtime on iOS, grey scale is useless for stoping you to use your phone

[@JoshuaChang]

Mostly for bed time haha. I have a terrible habit of scrolling before sleep.

[@mouseface99]

Automation and Shortcut could achieve the greyscale while sleep mode on (if you know how to set it up 😂)

[@gwvaio]

Real multi tasking

[@Scoob_455]

I agree with a lot of your statements but I do kind of like the simplicity & uniformity of iPhone's ngl

[@OkayKeith]

Everything you mentioned is the reason why I love android. Going back iOS made me HATE my iPhone for awhile. I only still have my iPhone because the hand-off from iPhone to MacBook is seamless.

[@wantikjasonchiu4711]

But even though maybe Apple doesn’t like the idea of wireless reverse charging, but you could actually put the iPhone when an android phone to charging instead that means the android phone is the phone that is charging iPhone

[@FacuTopa]

Excellent video! I need to admit that like an owner of Pixel 7 I didn't know I can split the screen hahaha What's the name of the icon pack?

[@JoshuaChang]

Whicons!

[@DeanOrSomething]

Maaan I’ve been apple fanboy since day dot. But now I feel they have lost their simplicity and user friendly UI’s. Every day I just struggle more and more with changes they have made. I can’t wait to switch to android

[@ExpertManOfficial]

I don't have and don't need bedtime mode.

[@ExpertManOfficial]

Subscribed. Interesting content!

[@kirksknight]

Literally thought I was clicking a MKBHD video

[@JoshuaChang]

😳

[@Ace_v120]

More like a Dave2d lol. He has a similar theme to him

[@kirksknight]

@@Ace_v120 just got that impression from the thumbnail

[@Conannnnn]

I'm leaving iPhone for the pixel 8 pro or pixel 9 I've had enough of the boring iPhone.

[@ironside7991]

I have been saying this. All apple needs to do is open up and its over for Android

[@YasinHasan]

ios keyboard is trash, one of the reason why my main phone is android

[@horridohobbies]

Your first 4 features basically boil down to customizability. Customizability has always been Android's strong suit. Apple did away with customizability in order to give users a much more simplified experience. This philosophy has obviously been a winner. But I do agree that the Apple keyboard is a pain in the ass. I have the base iPhone 15. It satisfies all my needs. Sure, it's not perfect but what phone is? I don't really care about wireless charging. I don't really care about 120Hz refresh. I don't care about the Action button. I intend to keep my iPhone for 8-10 years.

[@talavera180]

whats so easy about apple? you always have to find the settings icon to access settings, in android its always at the top menu. numbers are hidden and you can access it via another button, which is a pain.

[@horridohobbies]

@@talavera180 Like I said, the Apple approach has obviously been a winner.

[@driver1140dg]

do you watch allot of Simracing content?

[@JoshuaChang]

Mostly just SuperGT. Chill vibe/commentary

[@AnakinSkywalker_1858]

Just takin rubbish

[@ExpertManOfficial]

Hmmm

[@howtowindows8477]

Tbh, none of these features are important to me or bother me so yeah - iPhone is my preferable choice .

[@Emzo123]

Just know if Apple ever adds these they're going to treat it like it's something revolutionary and not something that has already existed

[@moishyneulander]

The first two are valid and the other three are just that you have 5 points.

[@choqao]

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[@cadenchurchill4296]

I’ve got to agree. The iOS keyboard is by no means bad, but Android does do it better 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@charted8015]

i can give you the keyboard thing. but these functions are exactly the reasons i do not use android. they make android a wannabe-everything garish bum, so tacky and redundant.

[@eando97]

Yeah because reducing bedtime phone usage, being able to charge up accessories/friend’s phones (something that frequently comes in handy), and being able to have two apps on screen when needed (granted that doesn’t get used much but is incredibly handy when it’s needed) are all so “tacky”. Okay pal. These are things that you don’t even notice if you don’t want/need them but also are super useful when/if you do