Android Lollypop and iOS 8 differences

Android Lollypop and iOS 8 differences

by Malik korrich ~ mardi 30 juin 2015

It has been 8 years when back on June 29 2007 the first iPhone was launched and since then it has seen 6 generations. The operating system used in iPhones is iOS and currently it is iOS 8 is the OS used in the iPhones. The closest competitor to the iPhones are the Android enabled smart phones offered by several mobile phone manufacturers. Android is an operating system of Google and is used as the standard operating system in several of the mobile phone models of top mobile phone manufacturers. Android has since the beginning given iOS a run for its money.

When it comes to choosing between the two, the users might consider the functionalities of the two operating systems and based on their preferences can choose the appropriate operating system.

User Interface

Google has introduced Material Design with Android 5.0 and is intended to create an impact over the users. Android has a bold interface and creates a uniform display across the various apps. Apple on the other hand has incorporated a minimalistic interface in its iOS since iOS 7 and the interface is highly intuitive, sleekly designed and is clutter free.

Notifications

Until the previous versions, the notifications on Android were displayed in the notifications areas and the users could choose from the specific apps notifications. iOS to the contrary allowed users to have a customised setting that allows them to view notifications for specific apps in a specific manner. Users can therefore choose the apps for which the notifications are to be displayed. With Lollypop, Google has included a Priority Mode in the Android notification function and hence it is now similar to iOS.

The above features leave very little to choose between the two operating systems and individuals used to using one particular operating system may not move to the other one since they may not finding something new. However, apps designed for Android can function on iOS but not the other way round. This could be a constraining factor for iOS.