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Having switched from Android to iOS ~1.5 years ago, the things I miss the most are Google Assistant and more customizable notifications. In terms of Google Ass

Having switched from Android to iOS ~1.5 years ago, the things I miss the most are Google Assistant and more customizable notifications. In terms of Google Assistant: Siri is nearly useless when trying to do things "hands free" (or eyes free). If I ask a simple question like "what is a safe temperature to cook pork", it gives me "I found this on the web", where Google Assistant verbally gives me an answer back. As to notifications.. It just seems like notifications are just harder or worse on ios? For the longest time, Gmail refused to allow a different notification sound per account (looks like that's fixed). On android, my Garmin watch could allow on-watch notifications from a list of apps you select; on iOS its all or nothing and I even get the notifications from apps that I've tried to silence on the phone.

hansel_der 5y ago
i guess if your notifications make sounds you have bigger problems than not getting a spoken reply to emergency cooking advice
- drewg123 5y ago
  That flew right over my head. I'm 51, I need reading glasses these days. My goal is not to have to search for my glasses each time my phone makes a noise, so differentiating notifications by sound is important to me.
salamandersauce 5y ago
The Garmin thing is Apple frustratingly limiting non-Apple smart watches. Apple Watches have better control over notifications and allow for things like replies from the watch. It's such bullshit that they are allowed to cripple third parties to make their devices more appealing.
- drewg123 5y ago
  Coros claims to have worked around this. I was shopping for a new watch a few months ago when my old Garmin died due to physical damage. They got back to me too late, but they claim to be able to filter notifications on iOS. Had they replied sooner, I probably would have gotten a Coros rather than another Garmin.

hansel_der 5y ago

i guess if your notifications make sounds you have bigger problems than not getting a spoken reply to emergency cooking advice

drewg123 5y ago
That flew right over my head. I'm 51, I need reading glasses these days. My goal is not to have to search for my glasses each time my phone makes a noise, so differentiating notifications by sound is important to me.

salamandersauce 5y ago

The Garmin thing is Apple frustratingly limiting non-Apple smart watches. Apple Watches have better control over notifications and allow for things like replies from the watch. It's such bullshit that they are allowed to cripple third parties to make their devices more appealing.

drewg123 5y ago
Coros claims to have worked around this. I was shopping for a new watch a few months ago when my old Garmin died due to physical damage. They got back to me too late, but they claim to be able to filter notifications on iOS. Had they replied sooner, I probably would have gotten a Coros rather than another Garmin.