Apple WWDC: Android users roast Tim Cook over iOS 14 updates

iPhone users are being roasted on social media after observers picked up on a recurring “issue” with Apple boss Tim Cook’s presentation.

Apple and iPhone users are copping a roasting online over the newly announced iOS 14 system, with their Android counterparts saying it all sounds a little too familiar to them.

The tech giant just held its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), revealing a series of new software updates to the iPhone and other devices.

The home screen is now much more customisable, you can keep videos running in other apps, and users can now use widgets.

But while the whole thing was presented as revolutionary and brand-new, Android users say Apple super late to the game.

An app drawer. Widgets on the home screen with different sizes. Picture-in-picture video. Stop me if you’ve seen this before 🤓

— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) June 22, 2020

iOS: "can I copy your homework"
Android: "sure, just don't make it look the same"

Apple:#WWDC20 pic.twitter.com/xo9vAJyjOY

— Bayo (@The_Omoluabi) June 22, 2020

Android users now #iOS14 #WWDC2020 pic.twitter.com/na4z7PzNIO

— Rajveer Jha (@Rajveer__14) June 22, 2020

For Android users, several of the new iOS 14 features may seem familiar.

One of Apple’s key new features is picture-in-picture, which will allow users to play a video in a small window on the home screen, or in another app – a feature that’s been on Android phones since 8.0 Oreo, which was released in 2017.

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Android users watching Apple "introduce" features which they already have since years. #WWDC20 pic.twitter.com/X8diybR4l4

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) June 22, 2020

An even less subtle addition is Apple’s new Translate app – a direct rival to Google Translate. Apple’s version functions in basically the same way – you choose the language you want to speak, and then speak into your phone’s microphone. When you’re done, Translate reads out your message and displays the translated text on your screen.

It’s still not quite up to par with Google though – Apple Translate is debuting with just 11 supported languages, while Google Translate offers over 100.

Apple also appears to have borrowed from Google with its App Clips feature. The feature basically allows you to run a lightweight version of an iOS app without having to install it in full.

It’s similar to Android Instant Apps, which was made available to all developers under the name “Google Play Instant” more than two years ago.

iOS 14 is going to have widgets! Something that Android has had for 11 years. #WWDC2020 pic.twitter.com/L2UjZALV5W

— Tony Webster (@webster) June 22, 2020

A smaller addition is the tweak to Siri, the Apple virtual assistant. Until now, triggering Siri would take up your whole screen, taking you out of whatever app you were previously on.

Now, Siri pops up in a small section on the bottom of your screen without disrupting the program you’re in – similar to triggering Google Assistant on an Android phone.

Look, this is just one of those fundamental rivalries that will never end. But as one Twitter user so eloquently put it, we’re all just cold hard thieves at the end of the day.

Great artists steal. iOS 14 “borrows” stuff from Android just as much as Android “borrows” from iOS

And both stole from webOS so 🤷‍♂️

— Austin Evans (@austinnotduncan) June 22, 2020