JULY 2020 PCWorld 99On the App Store (center and left), even searching for huge apps like Facebook will bring up ads in the
top spot. That’s not the case with the Play Store.
Lightning-to-USB-C cable just to get fast
charging.
- ANDROID NOTIFICATIONS
ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY
GREAT
Say what you will about Google’s constant
tweaking, but compared to iOS, Android’s
notifications are a dream. On the iPhone SE,
the Notification Center is basically a black
hole, badges have become a plague on the
home screen, and everything needs to be
micromanaged to be of any use. Android
makes it easy to snooze, interact, prioritize,
and act on alerts. Even if you can somehow
remember to use the iOS Notification
Center, there are a lot of things you just can’t
do. Notifications are a nuisance and a
distraction no matter which platform you
use, but on Android they’re more useful
overall.- I REALLY LIKE THE
A N D RO I D S TATUS BA R
Speaking of notifications, my sojourn with
the iPhone SE also made me appreciate the
Android status bar even more. It’s not just
the tiny notification icons that remind you of