The primary iPhone was launched in 2007, whereas the primary Galaxy smartphone was unveiled in 2009. Ever since their launch, Android and iOS have copied options from one another, however Android has at all times been higher at UI customization. Whereas Apple has made a number of enhancements prior to now few years, it nonetheless lacks a fundamental characteristic that has been current on Galaxy (and different Android telephones) for 14 years.
iOS 18 might convey clean area assist to the iPhone’s residence display
MacRumors is reporting that iOS 18 will convey extra residence display customization assist to iPhones. Whereas app icons on the house display will nonetheless be locked to an invisible grid construction, iPhone customers might have black areas, columns, and rows between app icons. The details about a extra customizable UI was first reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
It’s already potential to create customized icons for apps on iOS, it requires numerous effort and utilizing the Shortcuts app. As compared, Galaxy customers can simply accomplish that by putting in a third-party app launcher and an icon pack. One UI lets customers customise the colours of app icons utilizing the Colour Palette characteristic. One UI additionally lets customers change the app icon grid dimension for the house display, app drawer, and folders. They’ll additionally change the colours of the folders.
Utilizing Samsung’s personal Good Lock app suite, Galaxy customers can customise the lock display, residence display, multitasking display, wallpapers and screensavers, and even the digicam app. Since iOS is slowly including extra customizable options, it will be sensible for Samsung to maintain including extra (and handsome) customization choices to One UI.
Different options anticipated with iOS 18 embrace assist for RCS (for higher messaging between Android and iOS), Generative AI assist for Siri, and AI options for a lot of inventory apps.
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