Game Networks – Behind the sophistication that Apple offers through its cellphones, a number of features in the iOS operating system for iPhone are sometimes left behind compared to Android . Because, some of the features on the iPhone are often already present on Android.
The same thing happened to the operating system for the iPhone, iOS 18 , which Apple just announced at the annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) developer conference on Monday (10/6/2024).
One of the new features in iOS 18 is Game Mode, which is a special mode that can improve iPhone performance when used to play mobile games .
Just like game mode on Android phones, Game Mode on iOS 18 will override other activities running in the system background , so that iPhone performance can be focused more on games.
Even though technically the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are supported by a capable chip from Apple, namely the A17 Pro, Game Mode will help the cellphone exert more power for heavy games. For example, the iOS version of the Death Stranding game .
The same mode can help older iPhones but have iOS 18, to optimize performance when playing games.
The experience of playing games on the iPhone is even more comfortable thanks to the Personalized Spatial Audio feature on AirPods 3, AirPods Pro and AirPods Max.
With this feature, users can dive deeper into the gaming arena because the game audio feels quite real, just like the audio experience in the cinema.
So, the combination of Game Mode with Personalized Spatial Audio is a complete package for iPhone users who want to experience a more immersive mobile gaming experience.
As for Android, the game mode feature has been present since Android 12. When activating Gaming mode, there will be a screen recording feature, DnD ( Do-not-Disturb ) mode, calculating frames per second (fps). The goal is ultimately the same, optimizing the gaming experience while offering the best performance.
Customize home screens to secret applications
Apart from Game Mode, a number of iOS 18 features also seem to imitate Android. For example, the home screen customization feature or the appearance of the cellphone’s main screen to the feature for deleting photo objects.
For the first time, iPhone users can customize the appearance of their Home Screen as they wish in iOS 18. Users can place several application icons anywhere on the Home Screen. So, the placement of this application icon can be per icon or several icons at once.
Previously, the system automatically arranged the layout of application icons so that there were no gaps between applications. Android smartphones already have this customization capability.
App icons in iOS 18 also have dark mode. With this mode, the icon color will become dimmer. The color elements will be dominated by dark colors. Apple also provides the ability to change the color of the icon, so that it matches more with the cellphone wallpaper.
In fact, the presence of this feature is not completely the same as Android because there are slight differences, such as the color choice of icons in the application.
