In the race to attract new audiences, Google and Apple are often inspired by each other's ideas. Steve Jobs was an ardent opponent of Android, not because he saw a competitor in the Google startup, but because developers often borrowed the know-how of the Cupertino company. What features were stolen from iOS - in the material.

Gestures

In 2017, Apple introduced the frameless iPhone X, which was the company's first smartphone without Touch ID and a physical Home button that was responsible for returning to the desktop. The company offered a completely new way to control the smartphone using gestures - to return to the main menu, you had to swipe your finger up, and if your finger up and hold it, the multitasking menu will open.

The Google team must have liked the new navigation type and its design because Android has adopted a similar set of gestures for both Android 9 and Android 10.

Notification Icons

One of the simplest and most convenient innovations in Android was the appearance of an icon on the application shortcut, indicating the presence of notifications in it. This icon is represented as numbers or dots, depending on the manufacturer or the mode selected by the user.

But for the first time this feature appeared in iOS. It showed users how many unread emails, messages, or other notifications they had in the app. In Android, such notifications were added only with the launch of the eighth version in 2017.

Permissions

For a long time, Apple has given users a lot of control over how apps handle user data. This is access to information such as location, smartphone status, contact list, camera access, and more.

Google decided to add a similar feature to its own Android 10 OS in 2019.

Do Not Disturb

The Do Not Disturb mode is the main element of modern phones, giving users the opportunity to "disconnect" from the outside world without turning off the gadget. This feature was first added by Apple with iOS 6, released in 2012.

Google added this mode to its operating system in 2014 with the launch of Android 5.0 Lollipop.

Hey, Siri

Apple was ahead of Google in developing a digital assistant - the Cupertinos bought Siri and integrated it into the iPhone 4S, which was released in 2011.

Nine months later, Google introduced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. This version of the OS included the Google Now feature, now known as the Google Assistant.

Screenshots

With the release of iOS 11 in 2017, iPhone screenshots have changed a bit - now users can tap the screen immediately after taking a screenshot to open a special menu for editing the image.

In Android, the quick screenshot editing feature appeared only with the release of Android 9.0 Pie, which became available on smartphones in mid-2018.

Touch ID

In 2013, Apple introduced the iPhone 5S, which featured a Touch ID fingerprint scanner. However, this is not the first smartphone that was equipped with a biometric scanner - it was the Motorola Atrix 4G. Motorola couldn't come up with any scenario for using the scanner other than for unlocking. In addition, the Android system itself did not provide such capabilities.

Touch ID was deeply integrated into iOS and allowed iPhone users to unlock their smartphones and confirm online purchases. It is this functionality that Android smartphones now offer for users of gadgets with fingerprint scanners.

FaceTime

Apple's mobile operating system was preinstalled with an application that allows you to make audio and video calls between the owners of the company's gadgets, which is called FaceTime. Google decided to expand the list of potential users and introduced its analogue of Google Duo video chat in 2016, which is available to both Android and iOS users or PCs using a web application.

3D Touch

After the success of Apple and its 3D Touch screen pressure detection technology, which first appeared in the iPhone 6S, Android smartphone manufacturers have developed a similar one. The once popular Chinese company Meizu was one of the first to implement 3D Press in 2016. Later, the technology was tried by Huawei and ZTE, but the analogue of 3D Touch on Android did not gain popularity. However, later Apple abandoned the function, replacing it with a software counterpart that reads not the pressing force, but the finger is held on the interface elements.

Headphone connection interface

Each owner of iPhone and AirPods, when connecting headphones to a smartphone, sees a pop-up window that shows the headphones themselves and their charge level. Everything happens automatically even during the initial setup - the user does not need any effort or savvy in using gadgets.

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