![]() On Telegram, for example, part of a blue badge peeps out above the pill. Most apps already avoid the notch area on iOS, but every now and then something trickles through. The Live Activities API isn’t available yet either, but developers can use it later this year as well. Outgoing calls will just show an icon, though this will be fixed in a software update later this year. For now, only incoming calls in third-party apps that use CallKit have more controls in the Dynamic Island. For the most part, I didn’t find this problematic, though I’ve yet to be in a situation where I needed to have both a countdown running while keeping an eye on the number of bars I was getting.ĭynamic Island works with apps that use the Now Playing API, CallKit and the Live Activities API introduced at WWDC, so most developers shouldn’t have to edit their code to accommodate. In the case of a timer, the island is so long that only the battery indicator is left. The island’s extra width when something is in it causes things like the cellular connectivity symbol to go away, and you’re left with the WiFi and battery icons. The animations throughout this experience are slick, making everything feel polished and thought-through. It’s not much easier or faster than swiping down from the top to access the playback box, but I guess this way there’s an obvious indicator something is happening. Long press it, and the box expands further to show more controls. Tap the island and it’ll take you back to the app. ![]() That space stretches a little to make room for a clock or album cover on the left, while a countdown or a dancing waveform sits on the right. When you start a timer or play a song and swipe up to go to the home screen, for example, an animation shows the app jumping into the island. Still, by ensuring the camera is always camouflaged by software, Apple isn’t just providing a faux full-screen experience, it’s also giving it an air of usefulness. In fact, when I was switching between the iPhone 14 and the Pro, I didn’t notice a big difference. When nothing is happening in the space, the hole is still obvious, especially when watching a fullscreen video. It may no longer extend from the top bezel, but the camera cutout here is larger than those on Android phones. Let’s not pretend that the notch has gone away. Leave it to Apple to be late to the party, do things a little differently and slap some grandiose branding on it.Ĭherlynn Low / Engadget Living on Dynamic Island In true Apple fashion, the company is also giving the feature a fancy name: Dynamic Island. The company also uses software and animations to make the cutout feel more useful and better integrated into the interface than on Android phones. ![]() But it’s not just changing up the hardware and calling it a day. With the iPhone 14 Pro, Apple is leaving the notch behind and using a pill-shaped cutout instead to house its front cameras. Meanwhile, Android phones have either used punch-hole cutouts or moved on to under-display cameras, aided by the adoption of in-screen fingerprint scanners. Apple has kept it around, in large part because Face ID requires sophisticated cameras that can’t easily be downsized. The black rectangle that sat at the top of its flagships since the iPhone X has drawn some criticism, but mostly ambivalence. For years, Apple has been the lone holdout in a sea of all-screen phones with punch-hole cutouts that house selfie cameras.
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