How Apple Perfected Animation (and Why It Matters)

[@blazepate]

Since many people are talking about it I would like to say sorry for miss pronouncing inertia 😭 I trouble to pronounce some things lol.

[@pineapple5783]

Dont be once again

[@grapesofwrath1984]

You mean mispronouncing? 🤪

[@SATO_FD2R]

@@grapesofwrath1984​​⁠Do you mean: *_You mean, ‘Mispronouncing’?_* 🤪 Bozo…

[@LazerMonarch]

You also misspelled comparison 😂

[@ZevEisenberg]

This is your Benedict Cumberbatch “penguin” moment 😂

[@abimmanyupuri7135]

people dont realize the animation is big factor in branding. the animation is so satisfactory it gives dopamine type effects to the brain.

[@beluno8254]

"the user experience"

[@abimmanyupuri7135]

@@beluno8254 yeah that exactly

[@giovannisanjust152]

DEFINITELY

[@sergioyichiong7269]

Dopamine for fanboys. I see animations on 8k 100" tvs and doesnt make me buy them.

[@beluno8254]

@@sergioyichiong7269 literally no one asked

[@LuvMox]

The mastery of apples animations makes the device feel premium and that’s undeniable

[@wallysaurus-d9x]

this. i switched from windows + linux over to macOS full-time because the ui just felt more organized, smoother, and by extension, reliable. i switched from spotify to apple music again for the better ui among better integration into their ecosystem i will NEVER use an android because the ui simply just isn't there and that's a dealbreaker enough for me.

[@yeetskeet691]

@@wallysaurus-d9x Couldn't have said it better myself! I'm still omw to switching to MacOS (cuz I'm broke) for these exact reasons

[@sergioyichiong7269]

One thing is something thta feels premium and other if its really premium until you get dust speckles inside de camera.

[@ka-md8ue]

​@@wallysaurus-d9xonly Android UI that is better than iOS is Pixel's UI, I have both phones, other androids can't compete

[@yeetskeet691]

@@ka-md8ue the Pixel is the only Android I'd consider getting.

[@sonocursed]

i'm an android user and i don't prefer apple product that much (i actually did try them ) but a thing i can't denay is how smooth the animations are i just love the animations

[@ayobamilawal5420]

True I am a samsung user but i got a small iphone recently and i can attest to what u say Iphone isnt all that bad It just receives a lot backlash because of apple

[@sonocursed]

fax

[@wallysaurus-d9x]

is there anything on your android other than small cheesy os-tweaks (like changing the font or themes, etc.) that genuinely keep you from using an iphone? i want to know what i'm missing out on as an apple user.

[@sonocursed]

​@@wallysaurus-d9xit's more of just preferences I've been using android for most of my life and honesty customisation isn't that important to me , a thing I usually use a lot is split screen and I don't like at all the fact that the apps on iPhone after like 30 seconds of begin closed they hibernate and file sending get stopped and since I am both an editor and mograph editor on pc I usually send a lot of big files sometimes even on my phone and I usually draw sketches with the pen on my samsung ik i could buy an ipad but if it works why send another 500 , and i don't loose quality cause if it was on paper the lightning would make it harder to see, but both flagship and midrange android and iPhone are both great choices I don't think one is objectively better then the other it is just based from your needs

[@nikolajhgh-nielsen8610]

​@@wallysaurus-d9x the only real thing I can come up with is app sideloading. 🤷

[@ylspoc]

The goddamn dynamic island animations are oustandingly satisfying, it's just... IT'S ADDICTING TO LOOK AT I SWEAR

[@BlindMango]

Seamless and responsive animations reduce frustration and make the entire thing seamless to use. You can change your mind mid-animation in some cases and start doing another gesture and the phone will actually respond in the way that you want it to. That takes serious understanding and attention to detail to do, and I hope Apple never loses that incredibly rare talent

[@protoaether]

lmao no, it's just very long animations so it actually helps the phone to look more fluid while hiding the back task.. so yeah pretty easy to "change your mind" and the phone skipping to another thing mid animation

[@samiadjifr]

I think I just want to add few points to make it more accurate : 1. 120hz is not the reason why it is so responsive, Apple has another benchmark to ensure responsiveness called Screen Response Time. They minimize this, Androids recently prioritize to minimize too. 2. Android also have tight integration to hardware, but what makes Apple so smooth is the architecture of their animation pipeline which is completely separate from app loading, unlike android that relies on the application to help render, thus they always have lags. while iOS will execute the animation regardless the app performance. 3. what you called as easing is technically true but that is a generic term for animation. what you are showcasing on the video is kind of specific, it is called Rubberbanding. Apple patented the bouncy UI animation technique, since the very first apple device. Androids can’t have this that is also another reason why their animation doesn’t feel as natural.

[@techports4842]

However in terms of haptics androids are faster, in keyboard, responsiveness etc. not that iPhones are bad but just saying.

[@MustyDusty64]

@@techports4842i agree, iPhones have best haptics too unlike android phones, combined with the animation, it‘s like magic!

[@techports4842]

@@MustyDusty64 oh that's great to hear

[@MustyDusty64]

@@techports4842 android animations feel straight but fast, so they are great too

[@techports4842]

@@MustyDusty64 I like both actually, now that iOS 18 is like android I like it..

[@helvetica.studio]

One thing to point out apart of fluidity of animation is that there is more “blur” effect in every place like the new AirDrop animation, new Apple Intelligence animation, Flashlight in Dynamic Island. I think it’s all possible due to a faster graphic processor in recent years.

[@Nonsense_thepodcast]

Animation is the glue that sticks color, typography and inetractivity together to form design

[@shavar67]

Frontend engineer here, Interpolation is the process of calculating intermediate values between two points, commonly used in animations to create smooth transitions. For example, a Tween interpolates values between a start and end point, while curves like easeIn control the rate of change for more natural effects. It’s a core concept behind animating properties like size, position, or color, making transitions visually appealing. Nonetheless great video!

[@vidform]

Great video. Apple's animation makes the device feel more organic and life-like. Magical. Also, let's not forget the long-time animation on the Mac such as: magnification in the Dock, minimization of windows into the Dock, and the Dashboard feature which used to appear with a wavy, watery ripple effect in the center of the screen (older MacOSs), but Apple got rid of that. And another animation that Apple discontinued was the shredding of passes (boarding passes, store cards, movie tickets, etc.) in the Apple Passbook app before it was renamed Apple Wallet.

[@SytanOfficial]

3:20, small little correction, google ALSO makes their own chips and hardware in their phones and have foe a few years now. It doesn't seem to have made a huge difference, however. One would assume that because they know their hardware as well, they would optimize their version of android to be as fast as possible on their fixed hardware. Personally, after one UI6.1, I think Samsung's higher end 120hz phones feel even smoother than iPhones. I have an S22 Ultra, and it already felt great, but with the new update, it feels like a whole new generation of phone, and its magical

[@Yeetoh-t5f]

OneUI 6.1 isn't nearly as smooth as iOS, like, not remotely close. Sure everything is fast, but the animations are linear and lack depth or complexity. I guess not eveyone jas an eye for that.

[@Oziji]

4:13 I'm pretty sure inertia is pronounced in-NUR-shuh

[@blazepate]

I pronounce things weird

[@blazepate]

Hahaha

[@aaryangotad335]

😂😂

[@paavangoyal]

@@blazepateyou do you

[@jeremiahdonnay]

Idk how you recognized that’s what he meant to say

[@brucekennedy5274]

Great video. As a graphics animator constantly learning and improving my skills, I know it’s hard and takes time to make something look natural, and as a result “unnoticeable” - meanwhile, it’s all too easy to make something that looks awkward, unnatural and uncomfortable. I imagine a lot of this subtle magic comes from Apples links with Pixar all those years ago.

[@GiulianoDiaz-cn2rd]

the fact that this video is in 30fps

[@blazepate]

My bad 😞

[@GiulianoDiaz-cn2rd]

@@blazepate and we are talking about animations xd ♥️

[@Tahazif_TheCool22]

and yet, the apple animation still felt awesome...

[@Jwellsuhhuh]

30fps yet the animation especially that keynote in 3:53 still looks smooth thanks to the motion blur

[@GiulianoDiaz-cn2rd]

True​@@Jwellsuhhuh

[@BobMcBurger1]

Apple may be behind in some features but they sure as hell do it right, especially the animations. Apple Intelligence being another example. Activating Siri looks amazing.

[@4reinersplug959]

They basically hardware accelerate every animation through their gpu. Thats why their animations are soo smooth and they barely lag.

[@joankamberaj]

Don't forget they also co founded Pixar

[@BeneHeller]

Android is the F1 car, ios is a RollsRoyce. Iphones feel slow as hell, when you are used to vanilla Android. I wanted to switch and tried one, but i just don't want to wait for beautiful animations to finish. I am able to do several things like scrolling webpages double as fast on my old Pixel 4a as on a brand new Iphone. Thats just crazy!

[@cloudiiofficial7562]

just change the speed lil bro

[@theserbonationshow]

Exactly 8 minutes

[@batman8bit]

Actually 6:53 Minutes

[@DraconicAux]

Minimum video length required for monetization

[@74_pelicans]

@@DraconicAux minimum length for mid roll, you still can have ads on shorter vids

[@PfropfNo1]

How dares he? I expect him to put effort into a video to teach and entertain us for free!

[@progenitor_amborella]

70 seconds of straight music xd. A nice track, but yeaaah.

[@AppleSpectrumYoutube]

You could make an entire series just on this topic!

[@blazepate]

Maybe …..

[@DavidJackTumusiime]

Co-sign this.

[@Bendepixel2]

I have an iPhone 14 Pro does it have 120 Hz refresh rate

[@blazepate]

Yes, it does

[@Bendepixel2]

@@blazepate ok thanks

[@Maxify01]

Buying a pro model without even knowing its features is insane work

[@theswan5500]

@@Maxify01 lol frr

[@LuekSams]

@@Maxify01 it happens so much, people buying the latest iPhone not knowing its insane power only for it to be used recording with its front facing camera for dancing, and vice versa with macs

[@suhoowei612]

yes, ios animations is the main thing in iphone for me. it's ahead of its time!

[@abdulrehmannasrullah1]

Only last thing that is good in iphones is their consistent animation even the phone gets older

[@L1ttlef0ot]

I think the way Apple does animations is leftover from their days back when skeuomorphic design (design that imitates real life versions or aspects of something in an interface) was popular. This seems to be one aspect of it that has carried over because of how it makes the device feel like it’s running so smoothly. Really interesting video, thank you!

[@RealLaone]

Makes sense it's called the Human Interface.

[@Jintra]

you seem to have a lot of knowledge and a fun way of explaining things. sub!

[@lucasfc4587]

I’m sorry man, but saying perfectly, smooth and natural is not really describing anything. It’s just saying what we already know. You could dive deeper in all that makes it seem that way to us, but this video was very superficial

[@tahnzahnmacmanor7291]

…what?

[@lucasfc4587]

@@tahnzahnmacmanor7291 He made a new video about the same topic, because people said he was superficial. And in this new one… he pretty much keeps it superficial, just with more filler words. Watch the video and see how much he says those 3 words.

[@Joy-e5m4v]

@@lucasfc4587 this, I can't lie I learned absolutely nothing as to how they perfected it in a technical sense or even why it really matters at all

[@kuim01]

4:12

[@MagicBolo]

Hey there, an amazing video. I clicked on your account to see more.... Small channel I see, which is great to see how good you can be. Though your videos are incredibly inconsistent, these are the sort of videos we love mate not those weird short 20-40sec vids which really discredit the rest of your videos. Mustard (yt) is a good example, he only has a small collection of videos but every single ones is incredible quality. There isn't a single off topic/low quality video there.

[@blazepate]

Thank you for this feedback. I’m going to start making my KZbin shorts more connected to my main content and just a bit better overall. Thank you

[@π.14]

3:02 charge yo phone brother

[@GTe-gv3bn]

Young Anthony from Smosh talks about Apple animations for 7 minutes. It awesome

[@RealNoahPlays]

ahh yes, the sequel to a masterpiece

I actually see a lot of hiccups in animations across iOS and macOS lately. Like going from KZbin to home screen while playing video in pip, it creates Picture in Picture in wrong place and jumps. Same thing when using video viewer on latest safari. When you move into another app while playing video it flashes when creating Picture in Picture, and when you go back, Picture in Picture video is supposed to smoothly jump back into original video frame in safari, but it doesn’t get resized correctly and there is a distinct jump in size of it.

[@aaryangotad335]

But I think those are very nit picky things, and compared to android, it's pretty impressive that we have to nit pick to find real flaws in animations of all Apple's OSs

[@crimson414]

​​​@@aaryangotad335 Idk you might be looking at the wrong androids when it comes to animations. Pixel is arguably the best out of the bunch. They are on par with ios if not better. I don't own an iPhone but I do have an ipad and the things that he mentioned happen from time to time and they are not rare by any means.

[@aaryangotad335]

@@crimson414 well I've used both pixel and a samsung, not only those but also fun touch os and color os as well and I've noticed this in all of them. The animation lack inertia and motion blur as mentioned in the video, they feel flat.

[@crimson414]

@@aaryangotad335 i don't think there's any issue with inertia (on pixels) though yes they feels somewhat flat due to the lack of motion blur. Other than that it is just as smooth on ios.

[@heroninja1125]

@@aaryangotad335 Well if a company thrives off of striving for perfection, being nitpicky should be an expectation. Another example is how switching between desktops in macOS gets slower/glitchier as you use higher and higher refreshrates. Something which has taken forever to fix. There really is no point in trying to deny genuine criticism, even if the competition suffers from similar things. In fact, I'd argue that makes the criticisms even more important.

[@Mashnoor]

Hey man, this video was absolutely amazing, keep creating content :D

[@selx4s]

Thanks for the video, Apple's animations are one of the things that make me a fan of the brand and I never saw anyone talk about it and sometimes I even thought it was a bit silly of me to like these animations so much. But yes, i love it SO MUCH

[@iamadityaahir]

It’s interesting how we often overlook the effort behind good UI design until we encounter something poorly designed. Subtle elements like bounces, linear motion, and smooth transitions often go unnoticed because they just work. It’s a reminder, there’s no light without darkness.

[@honzaled]

Great video. I just wan to point out that Google Pixel devices (Google manufactured phones) also use Google developed CPUs (Google Tensor) and use a highly-optimised version of android. The animations on these phones are also buttery smooth. It really helps when the company controls the hardware too and not just the software

[@ChristopherDoesStuff2]

3:39 I love f1 and Apple lol (great video btw)

[@chicane-y1e]

he used an McL38 :D. So McL38 = iPhone. Makes sense

[@ChristopherDoesStuff2]

@ both are my favourite

[@chicane-y1e]

@ChristopherDoesStuff2 what’s ur fav team and who are you rooting for the next since it’s the END IF AN ERA

[@ChristopherDoesStuff2]

@ McLaren and lando Norris

[@coldtail05]

You can really commend Apple's Industrial Design Team for using the right materials and design, as well as their Software team for tuning their software and animations relative to their design. Making the iPhone feel really premium. That is why most people appeal more on iPhone.

[@almeida0000]

I agree with the attention to details of the animations, but Apple's 60Hz feels smoother than other's 120Hz is completly made up bullshit

[@blazepate]

True

[@whiteangel_15]

Su bro he’s clearly right like it or not it’s the pure truth

[@almeida0000]

@@whiteangel_15So idk what you understand by true 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@edistefi3925]

​@@almeida0000 bro let the apple sheeps make their own happiness

[@fevad1246]

@@edistefi3925 yeah ikr

[@alex.g7317]

6:59 bro really had to stretch the outro for dem dabloons 🤑

[@JustAPersonWhoComments]

Apple’s animations is just very satisfying to use, especially when u have an iPhone with a dynamic island

[@Motawa88]

One of the main reasons I still go back to apple

[@prashanthshyamala9713]

it is NOT about LOOKING good but FEELING goood... i like it..

[@BlueCJ]

I've been a Samsung user for like 10 years now and One UI is my favorite Android skin for its features and UI, but I cannot deny that iOS has the smoothest animations.

[@illhaveawtrplz]

You keep saying that Apple’s animations have “ineria”… do you mean “inertia”? I think you’re missing the ”t”, which makes a “shuh” sound with combined with the “ia”: “in-er-shuh”

[@blazepate]

I’m very sorry. I struggle to pronounce some things, I should have added that as a note in the video.

[@illhaveawtrplz]

@@blazepate no worries, I just wanted you to have the information!

[@pineapple5783]

@@blazepatedon’t be sorry mate it was a little confusing, no need be to sorry 🙏

[@SwiftUIForBeginners_TY]

This is a very well done video - looking forward to seeing ur channel grow 😊

[@Dillixx]

Amazing video as always!

[@blazepate]

Thanks man!!

[@julian5742]

nice improvement over the previous video! to make it even better I would have personally compared the same animations on the competition to demonstrate further why apple's is better. Not to say that nobody comes close though, I think it's Harmony OS that upped the game on animation for Huawei devices... anyways, great vid

[@KARMA-wz2nj]

That’s because they copy iOS animations and look

[@julian5742]

@@KARMA-wz2nj yup and I'm glad they do

[@sora11231]

Apple animation is either satisfying, or does not exist at all. If an app has multiple tabs of functions side by side, like WhatsApp, it will just appear when you switch, while Android usually has animations that slides between tabs

[@mohammedabdulsaboor4906]

😊yeah the same goes jn the phone app. Thats cuz you get to the tabs quicker, and its true

[@X139T]

Now this is content. Remarkable work, a very concise and astute observational piece of design psychology in general. Instant sub and like. please keep your passion Keep your focus And your vision, it’s guys like you you see the details that need to create

[@snappa_tv]

this is why i use iphone instead of android. the OS just feels so much better

[@yehude]

This is great content! congrats! Subscribed

[@EthanBentleyDigital]

This was an excellent video I didn’t know I needed to watch. Heaps good job mate!

[@enricotartarotti]

cool video!

[@microsoft.co.u]

Holy glazing

[@yeetskeet691]

Only thing you know how to say lmfao

[@macvince]

Amazing video! 🔥

[@mathesonstep]

I am going to have to watch that WWDC talk, I enjoyed this video

[@ErikBrainOS]

Great video, liked your apple music playlist on 02:22 😂

[@RmaNYouTube]

as an avid Android Fan, I want these animations to be implemented in android phones as well.

[@georgeurmomtho]

i just wanted to say the thumbnail is fire and captures exactly what the video is about and is pleasing on the eyes

[@AustinRoberts88]

Dude this was really interesting! And remember, other people’s opinions are none of your business. This was great 👌

[@ManlyTube]

Good job padding the runtime at the end I respect that

[@sayedabdulmalequeahmed4189]

really small tip look into the lens instead of the camera screen ik its pretty close to the lens but as a viewer I can tell that we are not making direct eye contact, loved the video btw

[@Big-Chungus21]

Can I just say that when you learn about User Interface Design, you really find out just how insane it is. We created these electronic devices capable of billions of calculations every second, that work and function in a way that is objectively different from anything humans have encountered before, or would instinctually / environmentally naturally understand. Throw anyone behind a computer with the same possibilities, but without that GUI, and they will likely get very little done at all. They won’t understand what they’re looking at, because its fundamentally different from anything they’ve seen or understood before. Yet GUIs somehow manage to make this entirely abstracted thing become almost natural to us.

[@motivementor40]

video is dope no problem but it's kind of funny that you on purpose made your video 8 minutes long just to put ads in it

[@blazepate]

😅😅 well uh, yes. But I am a broke teen okay I need to make money somehow 😭

[@motivementor40]

@@blazepate nahh no problem i get it

[@ninadkhire]

Apple’s focus has always been form over function. Aesthetics over practicality. And since they sell products at a premium price over competitors they always find ways to make users feel that they are using a more premium product.

[@blightadee]

you should make one of these videos on the new Android 15 betas, I feel like you'd nail what's better/worse/what needs improvement (with all the new stuff introduced like predictive back and the new animation style in QPR1 beta 2)

[@erikholmes4404]

Very well explained and great video!

[@shaugnmarc]

One of the main reasons I bought an iPhone after using Android for a long time.

[@shadowdweller-f7q]

I use both Android and the iPhone 13. Where I live, using an Android is much more practical than using an iPhone. But I like the iPhone so much due to its fluid design, both hardware and software, that I use it as my personal phone. Both my work and my personal phones are with me always.

[@Natak222]

Great vid. This is something I picked up on but could never pinpoint when switching from my work andriod phone to my iPhone. The iPhone’s animations basically have personality that goes far beyond copy and pasting a bounce animation for example. Every single animation has been meticulously thought of and contributes to the OS feeling alive. I’ve even noticed that apples animations have a slight delay in the milliseconds which I feel adds to the phone feeling like a living thing vs cold software.

[@almeida0000]

On the car comparison, it's like apple develops a car specifically to get 400km/h in a specific path and only that, and android can go up to 360 km/h on anywhere you wanna go

[@kanishkkumar2298]

That's a dumb analogy

[@SEAN31680]

That's why i love my iPad. Its simplicity and elegance of use.

[@francissalioundong]

You don't even know how much you saved me

[@antyoof]

Damn don’t edge your battery at 6%, it just hurts the battery ☠️

[@RadinWaves]

replying to this comment with 3% battery rn

[@raghunathbalaji]

Bro istg I'm replying with 1% battery

[@xdnumad]

Until now, I still feel that Apple is the king in making fluid animations. As an Android user, I feel that my phone is smooth, but not the animations which still seem little bit stiff.

[@phylosophersstoned43]

My professors always show us apple ads as an example for perfect web/Video Design

[@ajagaabdulbasit]

Apple primarily easing is heavily dependent on spring easing, their recent animation api covers spring animations

[@oogwaythesussyturtle]

the biggest reason why the animations are so smooth is vector expansion. On a user perspective it's very easy to judge which is providing good animations but developing takes a lot & lot of time. very small details that can make developing easy or straight up nightmare, on that note iOS 18 is just incomparable, on iOS if you expand something, let's say dynamic island it follows vector expansion meaning it transforms one shape to another, through vector transition, & let me tell you it's NOT easy for a developer to implement it everywhere with the ability to interrupt anytime, on top of it iOS uses blur everywhere they think they can add , iOS is winner for animations and smoothness overall in Ui (i know that it lacks interrupt animations in widgets).

[@jacobreuter]

Excellent work dude! New subscriber for sure.

[@blazepate]

Thank you !!!!

[@shinoEi]

Hey, great video! Much more informative than the other one. Keep it up!

[@Zomboy4313]

1:36 oh god you can see how blurry LCD is too

[@Cilbarzizkov]

Nice video, keep on!

[@ChristopherCass-c2k]

The other best types of animations Apple does, are the newest product reveal videos in the events, which are sooooooo smooth.

[@chokocat9064]

Very nicely done. Thank you!

[@TheDane422]

Ios just needs a right swipe/back button like android, that will really make the software experience much better in my opinion.

[@robervaldo4633]

please, no... the android "back" button is an usability nightmare...

[@randomstuffz365]

Make videos or shorts Explaining in depth animation of each component once at a time.... pls , pls

[@MikesTech-y5w]

INERIA!!!

[@JJE990]

Android manufacturers (e.g. Samsung, OnePlus, Google, etc.) also have their software tailored to the hardware.

[@Yo-Matthew-cats]

60hz on iPhone literally looks like 120hz on Samsung.

[@rbagdai]

Great video. Although, major factual inaccuracy - Apple's 60Hz isn't smoother than most other smartphones. Most other smartphones (Android) feature 120Hz even on the budget devices.

[@sergioyichiong7269]

It matters because you gotta defend your brand.

[@realhamza2001]

There is a technology that ios and mac os x uses that windows and android and other operating systems don't have and thats 'beamsync', beamsync was first introduced on mac os x tiger, it works similar to vsync but its leaps ahead of it and uses a different way of synching frames, and thats the heart of these smooth animations and fluidity that mac os and ios have.

[@Muhammed.Yaseen]

You listened to us! Yay! ❤

[@iau]

This video feels like Apple marketing-level speech. You didn't describe what makes Apple's animations better than its competitor. You just mentioned what characteristics _can_ make an animation good: Good framerate, non linear curves, contextual, etc. Surface-level stuff that somehow companies like Google and Samsung have never heard of? Even breaking down a single animation vs the Pixel version, for example, and highlighting its characteristics, could have been something useful.

[@asllenn]

good video

[@kingknique]

Are the snippets from apple from the WWDC developer courses?

[@obscuracamaria2931]

It's okay my man they go great lengths to deliver for experience but it still a travesty that the standard iPhone still lacks promotion on this day and age

[@bluemoonbm3618]

Apple knows how to present. Whether it is crap, but the presentation makes it unnoticable

[@rmimpact]

You saying apple’s animations and design is the only reason theyre good?

[@regularsandwitch7653]

i swear i cant watch an apple video without android fanboys