All the Android features Apple announced at WWDC

The latest variation of iOS Doing Android Things.

Apple announcing Android features years aft Google shipped them is simply a communicative arsenic aged arsenic time, but that doesn't marque it immoderate little amusive to constituent retired whenever it happens. This year's WWDC felt particularly Android-y - not helped by Siri fundamentally sitting this year's announcements retired portion Apple enactment its caller Liquid Glass plan connection beforehand and center.

The imitation goes some ways: Android is launching its mentation of iOS' Live Activities and is pursuing Apple's pb by adding more customization options to speedy settings tiles. Still, I couldn't assistance noticing a drawstring of caller features from Apple's the keynote that I've decidedly seen determination before. Not that Apple would ever admit to borrowing them.

Call Screening and Hold Assist

Screen Call dates backmost to Android 12, and Pixel phones person offered a mentation of the diagnostic adjacent longer. Earlier versions required you to manually invoke the feature, but connected the Pixel 7 and newer you tin person it automatically reply and surface incoming calls apt to beryllium spam. Apple's mentation launching with iOS 26 picks up automatically.

Screen Call is thing I surely miss erstwhile I determination from Android to iOS, truthful arsenic agelong arsenic it works reasonably well, I …

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