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How have you found the transition to iOS? For me, the task switcher OCR feature is absolutely killer, one of the main things still keeping me on Android. Does i

by extr 5y ago

How have you found the transition to iOS? For me, the task switcher OCR feature is absolutely killer, one of the main things still keeping me on Android. Does iOS have anything similar?

marcellus23 5y ago
iOS 15 now OCRs text across the OS, including screenshots. So you can take a screenshot and get OCR'd text from there.
- AuthorizedCust 5y ago
  That's more of a process than simply selecting text on the task manager tile.
  - marcellus23 5y ago
    I guess. You have to hit the screenshot combo and then tap the screenshot, versus hitting the app-switcher button. Are you doing this often enough for that 1 extra step to be a big deal?
    - AuthorizedCust 5y ago
      I’m increasingly finding great value in reducing complexity of simple tasks. I thought the push button rear door closer on my minivan was silly, but it came with it, so (shrug). I’ve grown to like it! Reducing from a few steps plus a major context switch to just one step is valuable.
      - marcellus23 5y ago
        Where’s the context switch?
    - extr 5y ago
      For me, yeah this would be a much different experience. I use this feature all the time, to select anything from the title of a song on Spotify to a phone number embedded in an image on the web.
      - marcellus23 5y ago
        In the latter case, you could just select the text in the image directly. How often do you use this feature per day?
- hansel_der 5y ago
  from what i gathered, this is only available on the newer phones thou
AuthorizedCust 5y ago
I find the Pixel experience to be superior. But I took each of the areas where Pixel is better, item by item, and scored their value, and came out with a score recommending I keep the iPhone: https://www.arencambre.com/iphones-are-inferior-to-android-phones-the-value/ https://www.arencambre.com/iphones-are-inferior-to-android-p... Context: I made that right after I got an iPhone 12 Pro Max. It was running iOS 14. iOS 15 may bias the score towards Apple even more with the current phone, and iPhone 13 biases it a bit more. I still like Android better.

by extr 5y ago

How have you found the transition to iOS? For me, the task switcher OCR feature is absolutely killer, one of the main things still keeping me on Android. Does iOS have anything similar?

marcellus23 5y ago

iOS 15 now OCRs text across the OS, including screenshots. So you can take a screenshot and get OCR'd text from there.

AuthorizedCust 5y ago
That's more of a process than simply selecting text on the task manager tile.
- marcellus23 5y ago
  I guess. You have to hit the screenshot combo and then tap the screenshot, versus hitting the app-switcher button. Are you doing this often enough for that 1 extra step to be a big deal?
  - AuthorizedCust 5y ago
    I’m increasingly finding great value in reducing complexity of simple tasks. I thought the push button rear door closer on my minivan was silly, but it came with it, so (shrug). I’ve grown to like it! Reducing from a few steps plus a major context switch to just one step is valuable.
    - marcellus23 5y ago
      Where’s the context switch?
  - extr 5y ago
    For me, yeah this would be a much different experience. I use this feature all the time, to select anything from the title of a song on Spotify to a phone number embedded in an image on the web.
    - marcellus23 5y ago
      In the latter case, you could just select the text in the image directly. How often do you use this feature per day?
hansel_der 5y ago
from what i gathered, this is only available on the newer phones thou

AuthorizedCust 5y ago

I find the Pixel experience to be superior. But I took each of the areas where Pixel is better, item by item, and scored their value, and came out with a score recommending I keep the iPhone: https://www.arencambre.com/iphones-are-inferior-to-android-phones-the-value/ https://www.arencambre.com/iphones-are-inferior-to-android-p... Context: I made that right after I got an iPhone 12 Pro Max. It was running iOS 14. iOS 15 may bias the score towards Apple even more with the current phone, and iPhone 13 biases it a bit more. I still like Android better.