Top iOS 18 Features That Android Users Had For Years

At WWDC 2024, Apple announced iOS 18, the next iteration of its operating system for the iPhones. And as traditions go on, people instantly start comparing the new OS with Android. There has been a long-running joke that iOS brings features that have been available to Android users for quite some time, and iOS 18 announcements did little to change that perception.

While there is a long list of features that Android might have introduced first, we will be looking at some notable iOS 18 features that have been available for Android users for years and will be available for iPhone users later this year.

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iOS 18 To Allow Users To Customize Home Screen

When Apple showcased how iOS 18 can customize the home screen, Android users must have felt like deja vu. After all, these customization options have been available on Android for years and Apple made it sound like a new invention. iPhone users will be able to change the size of the icons, and even move them to the bottom of the screen, which is not something new.

Photos Layout Taking Inspiration From Google Photos

Google Photos makes organizing photos very easy based on date, relevance, and occasion in some cases. Apple Photos has also received a long overdue upgrade with iOS 18 that seems to have fixed the limitations of the previous version. Users will soon get a new option like Recent Days, People and Pets, and other collections which will be compiled by the Photos app without any assistance from users.

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RCS Messages Coming To Apple Messages App

This new functionality is a welcomed change for Google which has put big efforts to push Apple to bring the messaging standard to iOS. While Apple did not talk much about RCS it still showed it as a part of its slides during the keynote. RCS is basically Google’s push for an SMS-free messaging future that is said to be far more secure.

Apple Now Lets Users Lock Or Hide Apps

This is another security feature that Android users have gotten through third-party apps. Apple is offering this feature through FaceID, TouchID, or passcode for iPhone users, enabling them to hide certain apps in a secret folder. Apple generally positions itself very highly when it comes to privacy, so it cannot be said for sure why the company took so many years to bring a feature like this to its users.