This past week was Google I/O 2015. This is Google’s annual developers conference that all sorts of Google related announcements are made. If you look at all of the announcements, it seems that Google is moving closer to Apple in terms of how to do a mobile operating system. Let me give you some examples based on the fact that Google has announced Android “M” which will likely named after some food product as usual:
- Google is going to replace its rather craptastic permission system with the exact same user request system introduced years ago by Apple’s iOS, where apps that want to use the camera or access contacts ask to do so first.
- Google Wallet is dead. Long live Google Pay which is largely a copy and paste of Apple Pay. Here’s an article from Gizmodo that shows how it differs from Google Wallet. One notes is that it will include fingerprint authentication, just like Apple does.
- Speaking of copy and paste. Android’s copy and paste scheme is being redone in a way that matches what iOS has done for years.
- Google is jumping into the “Internet Of Things” by having support for devices like their Nest gear. If that sounds familiar, that’s HomeKit from iOS.
- From the “what could possibly go wrong” department comes the news that Android M will let web pages look more like apps and “Now On Tap” allows the OS to spy into what apps are doing and web hyperlinks to launch apps and automatically go to a specific function. Hmmm….
- There’s going to be better battery life in Android “M” using tricks borrowed from iOS to intelligently stop and put apps to sleep.
So, with the exception of the second last point, Google appears to be moving closer towards iOS in terms of mobile OS design. One has to wonder why Google is doing this. Could it be that Google is looking at the adoption of iOS 8 which was world ahead of anything that Android Lollipop had done? Maybe. But it should be interesting to see how Android “M” is received.
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Google I/O 2015: Google Moves Closer To Apple
This past week was Google I/O 2015. This is Google’s annual developers conference that all sorts of Google related announcements are made. If you look at all of the announcements, it seems that Google is moving closer to Apple in terms of how to do a mobile operating system. Let me give you some examples based on the fact that Google has announced Android “M” which will likely named after some food product as usual:
So, with the exception of the second last point, Google appears to be moving closer towards iOS in terms of mobile OS design. One has to wonder why Google is doing this. Could it be that Google is looking at the adoption of iOS 8 which was world ahead of anything that Android Lollipop had done? Maybe. But it should be interesting to see how Android “M” is received.
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