Apple debuted its next set of operating systems — iOS 26, iPadOS 26, watchOS 26, macOS 26 Tahoe, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26 — at WWDC 2025 today, and they're available for developer beta testing now. Among the improvements and upgrades are a few features that seem, well, inspired by Android and Wear OS. In some cases, Apple didn't even bother to change the name of the feature they copied from Google and Samsung.
It's always satisfying to watch Apple give iPhone users features that people who daily drive the best Android phones have been using for years. If that's right up your alley, the WWDC 2025 keynote didn't disappoint. Apple "borrowed" a few ideas from fan-favorite Android tools like Gemini Live, Circle to Search, and many more. Let's recap all the ways iOS 26 and watchOS 26 copied Android 16 and Wear OS 6 at WWDC this year.
