The Dynamic Island it is one of the most interesting novelties of the new ones iPhone 14 Pro: and (obviously) a bunch of developers copied it and brought it to the smartphone Android. L’app dynamicSpot in fact, it allows you to interact with notifications and manage multitasking in a similar way to how it happens on Apple smartphones. By integrating the smaller cut-out of your Android smartphone in the interface, as happens for the notches of the new iPhone Pro.
Dynamic Island arriva su Android con dynamicSpot
Sometimes Apple takes years to bring features to iPhone users Android use for some time (such as keyboard tactile feedback). Because he wants to make them unique, because he wants to improve them or simply because they are not a priority. But when Apple invents some new software, you can be sure that some independent developer (or rival brand) there will copy in a few days.
In fact, a MIUI developer immediately brought the function to some smartphones Xiaomi, realme asked users if they want a Dynamic Island in the operating system. But thanks to the work of SacksPublished on XDA Developersnow all android users can install one open source version of the Dynamic Islandcall dynamicSpot.
The floating island above the screen shows the recent apps to be able to switch from one to the other easily. Also, it shows the notifications, the advancement of music. Not really all the features seen on the iPhone 14 Probut given the interaction that Apple has allowed with so many system apps, it could not be otherwise.
But the meaning remains the same: the dynamicSpot surrounds yours camera sensora, although unlike what happens on iOS you can move it wherever you prefer.
Does it work as well as Apple’s novelty?
As you can imagine, a product developed in a few days by a single programmer cannot compete at all with the novelty that Apple has been working on for months.. The animations aren’t quite as smooth and captivating as much as the ones we saw during the presentation in Cupertino.
Ma la customization it’s really interesting. you can in fact indicate which notifications to show in the dynamicSpot and which not. Also you can choose the size, how many notifications you can see (if one or two) in the island. And there is even a $4.99 Pro option which unlocks new features, such as being able to see it even on the lock screen.
So the app actually brings a pretty close experience to Apple’s Dynamic Island on Android. But keep in mind that this type of interaction requires lots of permissions. You have to give control to accessibility features, which means the app can ‘see’ anything happening on your screen. It will also check the interactions with third-party apps and hardware sensors (the camera): they are more allowed than most applications ask for.
The developer claims that it does not keep any data. And the fact that he is a Senior Member of XDA Developers testifies that he has been programming for Android for a long time and successfully. So on paper there shouldn’t be any problems with safety o privacy. But these are matters to consider before downloading it.
However, if you want to test the new Apple functionality on Android (perhaps because you are thinking of buying an iPhone 14 Pro), you can try it. by downloading dynamicSpot on your smartphone. They already have 50 thousand Android users, driven by curiosity. And maybe this could push other manufacturers (and maybe even Google) to propose something similar in the future, as part of the operating system.