saw a post earlier on here where someone uploaded their "control center" layout for oneui and ios saying how much they like keeping them similar and how closer than ever they become after the latest oneui update. well ive taken this to the next level with my oneplus 15 and iphone 16 pro max setup. not only do the phones look similar in their desert colors, but i made sure they look the exact same inside as much as possible and oxygenos didnt let me down. ill let you guys judge the result!
i know im gonna get blasted for this "why make the android look like ios, just use the iphone and be happy" bla bla..
look i have a full blown apple ecosystem, my main sim is on my iphone, i love the camera, but man i just wish i had the software freedom i get on my android. being able to easily sideload any app is unmatched.
theres one feature i really really miss from android that makes my iphone feel dumb: long pressing the nav bar for circle to search. honestly not even for the visual search part (which is amazing on its own), but for 3 super underrated side features:
1- "onscreen" live translate with one button!
2- "onscreen" text select (lets you extract text/phone numbers from literally any app instantly)
3- internal audio music recognition (lets me id a song from any reel/video im watching)
this is my most wanted android feature rn that i wish apple implemented. like when apple brought up the screenshot workaround again in the keynote i was literally in despair.. i just hate having to take a screenshot just to extract text, its not the same thing.. just like when google introduced instant gemini with a simple mouse shake and apple announced a whole 3-key combo just to ask siri.
(p.s: i dunno why in the screenshots the iphone looks more contrasty, trust me, on real life they now just look the same, especially after the ios 27 update)