Thursday, Sept 22, 2022 07:57 PDT by Sami Fathi
A copycat version of the iPhone 14 Pro’s Dynamic Island has arrived on Android’s Google Play Store in the form of an app called ‘dynamicSpot’.
The app, which is still in beta, offers customers a variety of experiences at the top of their smartphone. In its current form, dynamicSpot offers playback control for songs, timers, battery status and more features coming soon, according to the app’s description. dynamicSpot also offers customization features not available on Apple’s Dynamic Island.
With dynamicSpot, you can easily get iPhone 14 Pro Dynamic Island feature on your device! dynamicSpot gives you Dynamic Island mini-multitasking feature, making it easier to access recent notifications or phone status changes. Just tap the little black popup to open the displayed app, long press the popup to expand it and see more details. The iPhone’s Dynamic Island can’t be customized, but dynamicSpot can! You can change the interaction settings, select when to show or hide the popup, or which apps to show.
The dynamic island of the iPhone 14 Pro
Rather than leave the pill-shaped area at the top of the screen unused, Apple decided to create new experiences for iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max users. Dynamic Island displays various types of information and controls to users, including Now Playing, timers, and other system-wide alerts such as AirPods connection. Chinese smartphone maker realme indirectly called Apple’s Dynamic Island “pretty attractive” because it looks set to crowdsource ideas to replicate it.
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