Android telephones can do rather a lot that iPhones cannot. 
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The endless debate between Android and iOS house owners concerning which platform is best seems like it’ll by no means be really settled. Both sides have their share of legitimate speaking factors, starting from safety and encryption for iPhone customers to customization and Google Assistant prowess on the Android facet. Right now, I wish to spotlight a few of Android’s strengths that iOS simply cannot do but, out of your with the ability to set default apps and use a couple of app at a time to with the ability to fully customise the look of your telephone. Here are my favourite issues Android customers can do that individuals with iPhones can solely dream of.

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Use the apps you need, not the apps Google needs you to make use of The choice to set Gmail because the default electronic mail app on an iPhone is one thing iOS customers have been asking Apple so as to add for years. Even although Apple added the choice to delete its personal apps from iOS, you continue to cannot set a default app. It’s tragic, actually. Finding the setting for default apps can take just a little digging, however no less than it is there. 
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Android, however, helps you to set Firefox or Opera as your default browser as an alternative of Google Chrome, or set Google’s Messages app as your textual content messaging app of option to reap the benefits of RCS, Google’s lately launched chat function that acts rather a lot like Apple’s iMessage.  It is not arduous to see which apps have been labeled as default in your Android system: Open the Settings app and go to Apps & notifications > Default apps. To change the defaults, choose the app class, equivalent to Phone app or Browser app, and select from the choices.  Google Assistant is at all times prepared for you. 
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Google Assistant for the win iPhone customers have Siri, however Android provides you Google Assistant. Google Assistant is a way more refined software than Apple’s Siri for a slew of causes, however crucial one is that it makes use of Google’s spectacular database.  Google Assistant can perceive frequent requests for companies and names, and it will get requests proper extra usually than flawed. It additionally returns high-quality responses, drawing from Google Search, a software that Siri does not have entry to. Google Assistant additionally tightly integrates with the telephone’s different capabilities, to inform you when it is time to depart to your subsequent assembly and warn you that site visitors can be heavy on the best way house. If you could have any Google Home or Nest Home good audio system or different suitable gadgets, you may also use Assistant in your telephone to regulate good gadgets round your home like lights, retailers or your thermostat — even from afar. And it is constructed proper into your Android system. “OK, Google” and “Hey, Google” are the 2 wake phrases. If you need assistance figuring out what to ask, you may ask Google Assistant for a listing of instructions: “OK, Google, What can you do?” iPhone house owners may set up the Google app to make use of Assistant, but it surely’s not in-built and it isn’t the default private assistant.  Split Screen is simple to make use of on an Android telephone, and will increase the flexibility of a telephone. 
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Use two apps without delay by way of split-screen mode Even although iPadOS 13 helps utilizing a number of apps on the identical time, iOS 13 and the iPhone don’t. Android customers, nevertheless, have had split-screen apps since 2016 with the discharge of Android 7.0 Nougat. Using two apps is useful in the event you’re attempting to lookup a contact’s telephone quantity to ship to somebody on Facebook Messenger, or if it’s essential reference data in a doc when composing an electronic mail. It’s unclear why Apple hasn’t added this function to the iPhone but, however maybe it has one thing to do with the scale of home windows on the iPhone’s show as in contrast with the bigger iPad ($340 at eBay).  The simplest way to make use of split-screen mode is to open the multitasking view and faucet on the app’s icon on the high of its multitasking card — it is the identical icon you utilize to launch the app out of your homescreen. Select Split display screen from the record of choices, then choose the second app you wish to have open on the identical time. (These steps would possibly range relying on which Android telephone you utilize. For instance, Samsung telephones have their very own model of the interface.) You can modify the scale of every app by dragging the small deal with between the 2 apps to increase or lower how a lot house every app takes up. Move icons round to rearrange them, or delete them and solely use the app drawer. 
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Customize your homescreen simply the way you prefer it Apple’s strategy to the homescreen is to position all put in apps in a inflexible grid throughout a number of pages. Most Android gadgets take a two-pronged strategy by providing you with a homescreen and an app drawer. The homescreen does not comply with a grid format, permitting you to position apps wherever you want. Both platforms allow you to make folders containing teams of apps. The good thing about Android’s strategy is you could customise the homescreen by arranging app icons in any sample of your selecting, and Android helps widgets of various sizes. Right now, Apple’s Today view is the one place you may discover a widget. The approach your Android telephone’s homescreen seems is due to its launcher. But you are not caught with what comes preinstalled. 
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You can use launchers to completely customise your telephone Launchers are the epitome of Android customization. These apps allow you to fully change the way you work together with the homescreen, the app drawer and even the app icons in your telephone. Using a launcher in your Android telephone means that you can customise virtually each side of how your telephone seems and behaves, making your telephone much more private than it already is.  Launchers like Nova Launcher, Microsoft’s Launcher, Apex Launcher and Action Launcher all add their very own twists and options to your Android telephone. For instance, one other well-liked Android launcher, Evie, emphasizes utilizing a search bar to rapidly discover and open apps, or anything in your Android telephone for that matter. It’s minimalism at its most interesting.  I like to recommend taking a while to analysis the varied launchers, attempting a few them and actually customizing the appear and feel of your telephone. Just be forewarned: The deeper you dive into the world of launchers, the extra time and power you are going to spend on tweaking your setup. It’s arduous to think about a world the place Apple ever lets one thing like this occur for the iPhone. The Wallpapers app is a should for any Android person. 
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Never get bored because of routinely altering wallpapers If taking the time to seek out and customise a launcher seems like loads of work, there’s one other approach to make your Android telephone always really feel contemporary, and it is one more factor your iPhone associates cannot do — use Google’s Wallpapers app.  The Wallpapers app refreshes the wallpaper in your homescreen and lock display screen day by day, with out you having to do a factor.  There are a number of totally different classes of wallpaper types to select from. Pick your favourite, and let the app handle the remainder. Personally, I like to make use of the geometric shapes class. The wallpapers are distinctive and colourful.  Watch a video and browse Twitter on the identical time? Go on, I’m listening. 
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Watch a video and textual content on the identical time  If you’ve got began navigating in Google Maps these days, solely to go away the app to reply a textual content message, you’ve got in all probability seen a small Google Maps window stay seen in a nook of the display screen. Android gained a systemwide picture-in-picture mode for extra than simply video apps with the discharge of Android Oreo in 2017. In addition to Google Maps and video apps, you may also use picture-in-picture for video calls with supported apps. My favourite use of picture-in-picture is to start streaming a YouTube video after which depart the app to browse Reddit or reply to a textual content message or electronic mail whereas the YouTube video retains enjoying in a nook of the display screen. When I wish to return to watching the video full-screen, I simply faucet on the thumbnail to maximise it.  iPhones have no type of picture-in-picture mode. What you see on the display screen is what you get. If you are prepared to modify to Android, or wish to get extra from the Android telephone you already personal, try our record of the very best Android telephones of 2020. If you are new to the OS, make certain to alter these Android settings immediately. Then after that, we’ve got some useful tricks to get you began with Android 10.