Apple just concluded its long-awaited WWDC 2024 proceedings, where the brand discussed plenty of significant changes that held across its entire Apple ecosystem. This includes more customizable options, lock screen and control center tweaks, and improvements to privacy options while also offering a much more interactive experience to the users. Meanwhile, most of those features and enhancements already represent the Galaxy ecosystem, as Samsung has already infused most of the features and tweaks that came to the Apple ecosystem.
Apple’s New iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 Features Already Present on Samsung
Samsung has always worked on providing the best and most advanced experience to its entire Galaxy audience. In contrast, Apple has just unveiled a slew of major features and changes that already exist in Samsung’s Galaxy devices. Most of them include the most significant trend going around, AI. In the recent past, AI has been growing rapidly, while several smartphone manufacturers have adapted to the latest trend too, including the likes of Google, Samsung, and now Apple, which has recently joined this ongoing trend too. Here’s everything that Apple announced that is already present across Samsung’s Galaxy ecosystem.
Image editing using AI:
AI has been the most significant topic across the smartphone industry these days, as smartphone brands are gradually joining the race. Simultaneously, the ability to remove unwanted subjects or objects from the images using AI already exists in Samsung Galaxy models, which Apple announced in its WWDC 2024 event.
Lock screen shortcut customization:
The lock screen shortcuts could easily be customized on Galaxy devices by changing their position and selecting any application from the app list, while Apple got this ability with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18.
Home screen blank space:
This feature allows smartphone users to have some blank space left while arranging the apps in their desired positions. Meanwhile, Samsung and other Android brands already have this ability, which Apple recently added to its devices with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18.
Summarizing web pages:
We are familiar with the fact with the fact that Samsung has introduced its summarizing feature with its new One UI 6.1 version, which allows users to easily summarize the content through the Samsung Internet Web browser. Considering that, with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, Apple devices will be able to use the same feature on their Safari web browser,.
Messaging using RCS support:
For years, Samsung devices have been able to send and receive messages using the RCS support; however, Apple smartphones have not had the ability to send and receive high-quality pictures and videos from Android devices until now. But with iOS 18, the Messages app on iPhones will support messaging through RCS support.
Proofreading and language tone suggestions:
Samsung introduced an AI feature that allows Galaxy users to easily translate text in real-time through the chat assist with the One UI 6.1 update. Considering that, Apple too introduced a feature that will allow users to proofread documents, emails, notes, and text messages via large language models and machine learning, along with the ability to offer writing style suggestions as well.
Password Manager:
Password Manager lets you save all your login information for your apps, email accounts, and other online services, which Samsung lets users do through its Wallet. Meanwhile, with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, Apple’s Passwords app will be more advanced, as it will allow users to share passwords with others while also allowing you to save your login information.
Gaming:
A new game mode has been introduced with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, which will shut off all the background activities to provide better gaming frame rates while minimizing distractions created through notifications. This feature already exists in Samsung Galaxy devices in the form of Game Booster and Priority Mode, as this helps Samsung models automatically optimize the game’s settings, whereas Priority Mode helps to hide incoming calls and notifications, ensuring users can focus on their gameplay.
Miscellaneous:
Samsung Galaxy devices have the ability to hide certain apps as well as games from the app drawer; users can change the colors of app icons by selecting their desired colors; they have the ability to create multiple pages in the control center while also allowing users to change the position of quick setting toggles and other tiles; and with iOS 18 and iPad 18, users will now be able to display reminders created in the Reminders app within the Calendar app, which Samsung already introduced within its Galaxy devices with the One UI 6.0 version.
