8 iOS 5 features that Apple borrowed from Android – Macworld Brazil

Some of the most celebrated news on the Apple system is available to users of long green little robot there. Learn what they are.

Tim Cook took a few during the opening keynote of WWDC on Monday to “nudge” users of Android and fragmentation that plagues the platform. And then introduced a number of new features in iOS 8 which seemed very familiar – because many of them seem to have been “borrowed” from Android. These are some of the most obvious.

“Hey, Siri”

The phrase “OK, Google” is familiar to you? It is an important part of Google Now from Android 4.1 “Jelly Bean” and a standout feature on devices like the Moto X Motorola and LG’s Nexus 5. But we have to admit that the ability to use it on the home screen was not available to the Android 4.4 “KitKat”.

Say “Hey Siri” personal assistant to call Apple is certainly easier than pressing a button. And the feature works even with the screen off, which among Android is currently limited to the Moto X.

interactive Notifications

Have you ever imagined to answer an notification e-mail without having to open an app. Or “like” a post on Facebook directly from the notification panel? If you’re an Android user, you can now do this from Android 4.1

iOS 8 have this feature when it launches in September. It will allow users to reply to messages, reminders and invitations to events without leaving the notifications panel. Panel, incidentally, that was also “inspired” by equivalent that has long existed on Android.

Resources App Store for developers

The Android always was a system-oriented communities, and became even more with the arrival of Google+. Developers can create a page on the social rese and invite users to try out beta versions of their applications and leave feedback, with the app being distributed and updated by Play Store.

On 8 iOS users can take advantage of TestFlight, a service that allows users to access beta versions of an application, collaborating with suggestions and bug reports in exchange access “firsthand” the app.

Also Apple now allows developers to integrate videos to your pages in the App Store, which will help usuáriosa compare and make a decision to purchase. The Google Play Store has this feature for a long time.

Everything iCloud

We are quite aware of Google’s obsession with the cloud, but Apple also suffers from it. ICloud started as a relatively small but has since turned into a storage platform quite capable service. And Apple announced new features on Monday: iCloud Drive appears as a disk in OS X and Windows (something that Dropbox and Google Drive can already do) and allows the user to store any document of any kind, besides making backing up photos. Sounds familiar?

But the iOS really inspires the Android by adding a file manager that will allow users to browse files and folders to select the document you want to work . ICloud Storage Drive only works with compatible apps, so it is limited in some points. But at least Windows users can finally access the files.

A much better

best keyboard

One of the most enviable features on Android is the ability to swap the keyboard for a system developed by third parties. Apple has inspired this feature by announcing that the keyboard of iOS will not only have a system for predicting text, QuickType, something that Android has since the beginning, but also allow users to replace the keyboard with the use of “extensions “. IPhone users will soon be able to use apps like SwiftKey and Swype as your default virtual keyboard. Finally!