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[badcrumble]

This has been possible since iOS 4.

Ah, nice. Much better than costly geofencing, IMO. Too bad it doesn't seem to use wifi network locations in addition to cell towers, though.

 

[Yaboosh]

Google Now and Siri have almost nothing to do with each other.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

So now iOS has Google Now, better Gmail, better Google Maps.

And what exactly is the reason for us people to own Android devices? :-/

intents

still better notifications

quicker access to toggles

widgets

I love iOS devices but I can't give up these things.

 

[Mindwipe]

Google Now is amazing, and it'll be great to have it on iOS.

I can't imagine it will work as well as the Android version though, just because of iOS's multitasking paradigm and lack of homescreen widgets.

 

[badcrumble]

Google Now is amazing, and it'll be great to have it on iOS.

I can't imagine it will work as well as the Android version though, just because of iOS's multitasking paradigm and lack of homescreen widgets.

Yeah, this is what I'm curious to see. It might not have any background functions at all, depending on what Apple will let it do via notifications.

 

[buhdeh]

So is there a better Google alternative for nearly every single one of Apple's stock apps now?

 

[_Isaac]

So is there a better Google alternative for nearly every single one of Apple's stock apps now?

And the Google alternatives are better on iOS than Android too. At least, that seems to be the impression I get.

 

[badcrumble]

So is there a better Google alternative for nearly every single one of Apple's stock apps now?

I'd say iOS Chrome isn't better, and the GMail app (while very nice) has pros and cons versus the Mail app. Google's iOS support is stellar, though, yeah, and the weaknesses of their apps are generally due to the restrictions placed on third-party applications on iOS.

 

[IceCold]

So is there a better Google alternative for nearly every single one of Apple's stock apps now?

Their currently working on an iOS version of Android.

 

[buhdeh]

Their currently working on an iOS version of Android.

You joke but iOS is almost becoming Android Lite. Pretty much everyone I know, at minimum, uses Google search in Safari. And a huge group replace the stock equivalents with Google Maps, Chrome (even though it sucks), Gmail, Google Search. Just look at the download numbers and how long they've been in the top apps section.

 

[Vyer]

You joke but iOS is almost becoming Android Lite. Pretty much everyone I know, at minimum, uses Google search in Safari.

Pretty sure Google is the default search in Safari. At least, it was at one point.

 

[jts]

You joke but iOS is almost becoming Android Lite. Pretty much everyone I know, at minimum, uses Google search in Safari. And a huge group replace the stock equivalents with Google Maps, Chrome (even though it sucks), Gmail, Google Search. Just look at the download numbers and how long they've been in the top apps section.

Google males good free shit. That's it. And it has always been like that with the iPhone, long before Android.

BTW, everyone I know uses Google search. On everything.

Everything is Android lite.

 

[jts]

Pretty sure Google is the default search in Safari. At least, it was at one point.

Still true. Apple sells that spot on Safari to Google for millions yearly.

 

[Polari]

Still true. Apple sells that spot on Safari to Google for millions yearly.

About a billion a year. Big, big money.

 

[kehs]

And the Google alternatives are better on iOS than Android too. At least, that seems to be the impression I get.

Nope.

I mean, if you judge the quality of apps on fluidity, maybe.

Functionally though, the os prevents the iOS apps from being better.

 

[badcrumble]

Nope.

I mean, if you judge the quality of apps on fluidity, maybe.

Functionally though, the os prevents the iOS apps from being better.

Yeah. Of what I've used on both, and considering backgrounding and inter-application hooks, I'd say maybe only YouTube is definitively better on iOS.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Google Now and Siri have almost nothing to do with each other.

yeah, i think people are confusing Google Search and Google Now.

Yeah. Of what I've used on both, and considering backgrounding and inter-application hooks, I'd say maybe only YouTube is definitively better on iOS.

i dunno about that... the ability to send a youtube video to a hovering popup player via the share menu is pretty awesome...

 

[Vyer]

What's wrong with the gmail app? I haven't used it much.