Android vs iOS is one of the most repeated battles in the mobile phone market for years. Now that iOS 14 has been with us for a while thanks to the commercialization of the iPhone 12 and that Android 11 begins to reach more devices, we can pit the two platforms against each other.
There are some people who love Android, some who can’t use anything but iOS, and some who get past these absurd wars. We do not want to say that one operating system is better than another, but we are going to highlight which are the most important improvements of Android 11 over Apple’s operating system, as we do the opposite in other articles.
Interestingly, this year iOS 14 introduces a complete makeover that makes the system more similar to Android than ever, to which is added its perfect optimization regarding the hardware of those from Cupertino. Still, there are a number of issues where Google’s operating system is much better.
Personalization
One of the big changes that last year have come to iOS is its expanded customization. You can hide the home screens that you do not want to see, there is an application drawer to see everything installed on the phone, you can set default applications and finally you can use widgets that can be placed on the home pages next to the application icons .
Its execution is quite good but Apple‘s operating system is still in its infancy compared to what Android offers. We are no longer talking only about changing the font, icons or applying themes, but even when it comes to setting default apps, iOS is still limited and for example it is impossible to change the default navigation or the camera application. All this without forgetting that if you turn off your mobile, you will have to re-enable those default applications.
Permission management
Control our privacy is essential and it is true that iOS 14 has very good permission controls that can be managed from the Settings app , with switches to quickly enable and disable the apps access to whatever you want. We can even allow access only once.
Google has been allowing this for a long time, but Android 11 now not only allows you to grant location permission to an app just once, but goes a step further by offering this unique feature for microphone and camera requests. found in Android 11 is the automatic reset of permissions.
Notification system
Along with customization, one of the great advances of Android compared to iOS . Notifications on iOS have been really limited for a long time, and with Android 11, Google takes an even bigger advantage than it already had by dividing the alerts panel into three separate sections, which vary according to their priority: Conversations, Notifications, and Silence.
In this way the notices are clearly organized, being able to quickly see if there is a new pending message and giving greater control than in the Apple option.
Using Widgets
The new iOS widgets are sleek and sport an interface that only Apple can boast about. however at the level of functionality they are not up to the level of the Google operating system widgets. The developers themselves working with those in Cupertino complain that these elements are extremely limited and that they only serve to display information and act as application shortcuts.
Although they are a bit abandoned on Android, it is still possible to consult information, activate phone functions, alter their dimensions, customize them to the maximum and configure apps without having to access them.
PiP mode
One of the great novelties of the latest version of iOS is to be able to view videos and other content in PiP mode (picture in picture). In iOs 14 this tool has been enhanced by allowing you to change the size of the playback window or keep the audio on even if the app that we run in this mode is hidden. Unfortunately its compatibility is limited to only a few apps, its use being more widespread on Android .
