Customization was a big focus of Apple’s reveal of iOS 18 this week, and that includes updating the homescreen to be truly customizable. That includes Apple bringing a version of Android’s themed ...

In the early days of smartphones, iPhones and Android phones were like spiders and crabs: technically similar but wildly different. Nowadays, things have changed. Apple and Google have cribbed from ...

Samsung’s One UI has always been a pretty heavy skin on top of Android, but it sounds like the upcoming One UI 7 update on top of Android 15 will take a lot more… “inspiration” from iOS 18 than from ...

The everlasting rivalry between iOS and Android users grows with every new iteration as more and more features are introduced, some brand-new and others inspired by one another’s innovations. Android ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. We're all about Android (it's in the name!), but our mobile operating system of choice doesn't exist in a vacuum. To understand ...

When the iPhone 15 released last year, I took the plunge and switched from Android after a decade of loyalty, hoping that Apple’s long-awaited adoption of USB-C would ease the transition.

In recent years, iPhones haven't exactly been the face of innovation. They clearly lagged behind Android in terms of both hardware specs and software tools, but with the release of iOS 18, they had ...

With iOS 18, Apple is finally opening up the iPhone home screen. You still have to adhere to a grid, but other than that, you can freely place app icons, remove text labels, get dark mode icons, and ...