How To Get Best iOS Features On Your Android
Love iPhones or hate them, they have some cools things that we don't see on Android.
But the best part about Android is you don't have to suffer silently: instead, you can download iOS like apps and iPhone features to your Android and start using 'em today.
Let me show you how.
Add Lock Screen Widgets
Lock screen widgets were removed back in Android lollipop, although we have seen them in various from since.
If you want to customize your lock screen widgets more than Android currently allows, however, then you currently have some options that replicate the functionality on iOS 10 and iPhone 7.
Sesame is one popular option. After you download sesame, you can get it to display things like your frequently-visited websites, your frequently-used apps, and your normal Android notifications.
Automatic Lock Screen Wake Up
One of the cool features on the iPhone 7 and other iOS 10 devices is for the lock screen to automatically wake up when you pick it up. That’s something you can enable on certain Androids (including Samsungs). However, not all Androids have that feature.
Fortunately, there’s an app for that. AcDisplay, for example, is specifically designed to replicate the iOS 10 feature – and it’s even more customizable than Apple’s version.
Install Android Assistants
If you want a more social, personalized, interactive experience, then you have other options on Android than Google Now.
Cortana is probably the best option after Google Now, especially if you use Windows PCs for work or school. After installing Cortana on Android, you can access Android notifications from Windows or even send texts from your Windows PC over your Android.
Get Intelligent Predictive Text
I personally find the default Google Keyboard for Android pretty good. However, Apple’s keyboards tend to be more weighted towards predictive texting. iOS keyboards try to predict what you’re going to say, and they seem to auto-complete things more frequently.
If you like predictive texting on iOS, then there’s a good option for Android that has been popular for years: SwiftKey is your best predictive texting keyboard. SwiftKey will learn more about you over time, eventually growing to know the names in your contact book and any proper nouns you use. Other keyboards do this too, but SwiftKey is probably the best at it.
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