The biggest advantage that Android alerts have over iOS alerts is immediate glance-ability, and a lot of that has to do with the fundamental design of the platform. That’s why iOS appears unlikely to catch up in this area any time soon.

1. What Does Android Do Better Than iOS?
I read an article today in which the author talked about how Android had a feature about it’s
smartphones that Apple simply couldn’t compare too. Intrigued, I decided to look a bit further
and see what the fuss was about. Naturally, the iPhone doesn’t have every aspect of smartphones
nailed down. So when I read that Android does “Alerts” much better than iOS, I had to take a
deeper look.
The author, Jason Hiner, was talking about how the alerts system was more convenient and how
it was therefore more easily-accessibly to Android users. Specifically, he writes,
“However, the alerts system is the one area where Android is just flat out more useful and more
usable than iPhone. If that sounds trivial, it’s not — especially for business professionals and
others who do a lot of stuff with their smartphones. Alerts give you timely updates of important
information, quickly let you know about things that need your attention, and give you an at-a-
glance look at your latest messages from various sources.
Apple made big strides with its alerts system in iOS 5 — taking obvious inspiration from
Android — but even the vastly-improved alerts system still didn’t match the power and
efficiency of what Android offers. In fact, iOS 5 didn’t match Android 2.3 “Gingerbread,” which
still powers the vast majority of Android phones. Meanwhile, Google enhanced the alerts
functionality even more in Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich,” which debuted at the end of
2011.
The biggest advantage that Android alerts have over iOS alerts is immediate glance-ability, and a
lot of that has to do with the fundamental design of the platform. That’s why iOS appears
unlikely to catch up in this area any time soon.
What I’m really talking about when I say “immediate glance-ability” is that when you turn on the
display on your Android phone you see a bunch of little badges in the top left corner of the
screen that let you know you’ve got new messages or that a calendar appointment is about to
happen or someone is talking about you on social media or there’s a severe weather alert in your
area.”

2. What I like the most about what he says is the fact that Apple is a very seamless, albeit simple
interface. It definitely lacks in the customizability category, but that’s intentional, so that users
won’t screw things up (smart). I get that, it makes sense. But why the lack of a truly universal
alerts system? Granted, Apple has made solid strides with iOS5 to include the red alert bubble
over each app, but a solid tell all category is lacking and that may require a complete redesign of
it’s iOS interface in order to accommodate such a a change. I highly doubt that’s going to
happen any time soon. Apple and Android are always going to go head to head on a lot of
features, but alerts is something that Android should be able to claim a crown for, for a while to
come.
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