Five Apple features Google just ripped off & More Trending News

At its annual IO convention Wednesday, Google unveiled a slew of latest merchandise, features, and companies that may roll out over the next months. We bought a peek at a brand new Pixel pill, watch, and cellphone, a brand new funds Pixel 6a, the primary Android 13 public beta, and thrilling search, AI, and app updates.

But right here at Macworld, we couldn’t assist however discover how acquainted lots of the bulletins sounded. There have been various features unveiled at IO which are seemingly ripped straight from Apple’s playbook. Here are 5 features coming to Google and Android gadgets that Apple customers have been having fun with for years:

Google Wallet

One of the largest app bulletins at IO was the conversion of Google Pay to Google Wallet. Granted, Google Wallet was a factor earlier than Apple Card, however this newest iteration takes various cues from the iPhone app. The new Google Wallet, launching quickly, is your one-stop place in your digital life, storing digital IDs, boarding passes, live performance tickets, vaccination playing cards, loyalty playing cards, automotive keys, and naturally, bank cards. Speaking from expertise, Android customers will adore it.

Better pill apps and multitasking

To put it mildly, Google’s tablets aren’t precisely in the identical league because the iPad. With Android 13, Google is seeking to change that by stealing a bit from Apple’s superior pill expertise. Among the brand new features coming to Android tablets are straightforward multitasking that permits you to use apps facet by facet and new interfaces “to take full advantage of the extra space including YouTube Music, Google Maps, Messages and more.” We’re undecided if that’s gonna put a lot of a dent in Apple’s pill dominance, however hey, higher late than by no means.

Universal Copy and Paste

Apple customers have lengthy had the flexibility to repeat one thing on their iPhone and paste it on their Mac due to the ability of Handoff and iCloud, and now Google is bringing the identical factor to Android telephones and tablets. According to Google, “you’ll soon be able to copy a URL or picture from your phone, and paste it on your tablet.” The system (seen beneath) appears a bit clunkier than Apple’s totally seamless Universal Copy and Paste, however hey, it’s a begin.

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Pixel Buds Pro

Google unveiled and teased a bunch of {hardware} bulletins throughout its IO keynote, together with the brand new funds Pixel 6a, however essentially the most intriguing was the Pixel Buds Pro. While nobody would confuse the Pixel Buds A-Series wi-fi earbuds with AirPods, the Pixel Buds Pro have a really comparable function set to AirPods Pro. You get noise cancelling, transparency mode, spatial audio and ‘find my’ monitoring, and an in-ear design that appears awfully much like the rumors of the AirPods Pro 2. Call them rivals for those who should, however we’ll just name ’em copycats.

Digital Crown

Google stopped a bit in need of releasing its first ever wearable at Google IO, nevertheless it did lastly verify the existence of the Pixel Watch. Like different Android Wear OS watches, it has a round design with a reasonably sizable bezel and a brand new “tactile” crown that seems to be Google’s model of the Digital Crown on the Apple Watch. We don’t know if it’ll be as easy as Apple’s or have a buillt-in ECG sensor, however the idea and the look is virtually an identical.