Android telephones have some options which may make iPhone homeowners jealous.
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Google launched the primary public beta of Android 11 final week, and boy does it look good. From the brand new Quick Controls display screen to a built-in display screen recording instrument, Android customers are in for a deal with when it launches later this 12 months. Apple can have its first probability to indicate off what iOS 14 goes to deliver iPhones at WWDC on June 22, however for now, it is trying like Android 11 may increase the listing of options that the iPhone would not but have.Until then, the unending debate between Android and iOS homeowners over the “better” telephone system continues on. Both sides have their share of legitimate speaking factors, starting from superior safety and encryption for iPhone customers to customization and Google Assistant prowess on the Android facet that blows the iPhone away. Right now, I wish to spotlight a few of Android’s strengths that iOS simply cannot do but, out of your having the ability to set default apps and use a couple of app at a time to having the ability to fully customise the look of your telephone.

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Here are my favourite issues Android customers can do that folks with iPhones can solely dream of. And listed here are seven iPhone options that Android cannot compete with. Use the apps you need, not the apps Google desires 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 somewhat digging, however no less than it is there. 
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Android, alternatively, helps you to set Firefox or Opera as your default browser as a substitute 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 characteristic that acts lots like Apple’s iMessage.  It is not exhausting to see which apps have been labeled as default in your Android gadget: 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 instrument 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 typically than unsuitable. It additionally returns high-quality responses, drawing from Google Search, a instrument that Siri would not have entry to. Google Assistant additionally tightly integrates with the telephone’s different capabilities, to inform you when it is time to depart on your subsequent assembly and warn you that visitors will likely be heavy on the way in which house. If you’ve gotten any Google Home or Nest Home sensible audio system or different appropriate units, it’s also possible to use Assistant in your telephone to regulate sensible units round your own home like lights, shops or your thermostat — even from afar. Split Screen is simple to make use of on an Android telephone, and will increase the flexibility of a telephone. 
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And it is constructed proper into your Android gadget. “OK, Google” and “Hey, Google” are the 2 wake phrases. If you need assistance realizing what to ask, you may ask Google Assistant for a listing of instructions: “OK, Google, What can you do?” iPhone homeowners also can set up the Google app to make use of Assistant, however it’s not inbuilt and it isn’t the default private assistant.  Use two apps directly via split-screen mode Even although iPadOS 13 helps utilizing a number of apps on the similar 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 search for a contact’s telephone quantity to ship to somebody on Facebook Messenger, or if you want to reference data in a doc when composing an electronic mail. It’s unclear why Apple hasn’t added this characteristic to the iPhone but, however maybe it has one thing to do with the dimensions 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 employ to launch the app from your own home display screen. Select Split display screen from the listing of choices, then choose the second app you wish to have open on the similar time. (These steps would possibly range relying on which Android telephone you employ. For instance, Samsung telephones have their very own model of the interface.) Move icons round to rearrange them, or delete them and solely use the app drawer. 
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You can regulate the dimensions 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. Read extra: Best moveable chargers and energy banks to purchase for Android in 2020   Customize your own home display screen simply the way you prefer it Apple’s method to the house display screen is to position all put in apps in a inflexible grid throughout a number of pages. Most Android units take a two-pronged method by providing you with a house display screen and an app drawer. The house display screen would not comply with a grid format, permitting you to position apps wherever you would like. Both platforms allow you to make folders containing teams of apps. The good thing about Android’s method is you could customise the house display screen 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 method your Android telephone’s house display screen appears to be like 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 house display screen, the app drawer and even the app icons in your telephone. Using a launcher in your Android telephone means that you can customise nearly each side of how your telephone appears to be like 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 widespread Android launcher, Evie, emphasizes utilizing a search bar to rapidly discover and open apps, or the rest in your Android telephone for that matter. It’s minimalism at its most interesting.  I like to recommend taking a while to analysis the assorted 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 vitality you are going to spend on tweaking your setup. It’s exhausting 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 consumer. 
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Never get bored because of robotically altering wallpapers If taking the time to seek out and customise a launcher seems like numerous work, there’s one other strategy to make your Android telephone always really feel recent, and it is one more factor your iPhone buddies cannot do — use Google’s Wallpapers app.  The Wallpapers app refreshes the wallpaper on your own home display screen and lock display screen each day, with out you having to do a factor.  There are a number of totally different classes of wallpaper kinds to select from. Pick your favourite, and let the app deal with 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 similar time? Go on, I’m listening. 
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Watch a video and textual content on the similar time  If you’ve got began navigating in Google Maps these days, solely to depart the app to reply a textual content message, you’ve got most likely 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, it’s also possible to 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 taking part in 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 form 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 need to get extra from the Android telephone you already personal, try our listing of one of the best Android telephones of 2020. If you are new to the OS, be sure to alter these Android settings straight away. Then after that, we’ve got some useful suggestions for utilizing Android 10.