Top features Android has borrowed from iOS over the years

Google introduced emoji wallpapers on Android last night, something iOS introduced last year. But this isn't the first time Android has copied iOS.

DO NOT DISTURB

Apple added it first to iOS 6 in 2012 and Google added it to Android 5.0 in 2014.

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BLUE LIGHT FILTER

This feature came with iOS 9.3 in 2016. Android adopted it in version 8 in 2017.

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SCREENSHOT ANNOTATIONS

This feature arrived with iOS 11 in 2017 and Google added it to Android 9.0 in 2018.

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SCREEN RECORDING

Apple introduced it with iOS 11 in 2017 and the feature came with Android 11 in 2020.

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GESTURE NAVIGATION

Apple introduced it on a system level with iPhone X in 2017 and it came on Android 9 in 2018.

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EMERGENCY CONTACT

Apple first introduced the option. Android added it to its version 7.0 in 2016.

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NOTIFICATION BADGES

They were in iOS for over a decade. Android introduced them with Android 8 in 2017.

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