Comment by odo1242
2 hours ago
iOS apps consistently get updates a few weeks to months earlier than the Android version. Including some of Google’s own apps, sometimes.
To give examples:
- https://www.phonearena.com/news/google-photos-update-to-reac...
- https://www.t3.com/tech/iphones/google-maps-gets-an-iphone-u...
Both of the above are updates to Google apps that released on iOS but are planned on Android. Haven't seen any examples of the reverse.
Do those updates matter?
Not for me at least usually (exception might be something like an rpg game expanding the world), apps nagging to get updated is annoying in fact.
Most online RPGs (Genshin for example) check for world updates everytime you log in, it's not tied to app updates.
To add more examples, a game I play on my phone got an update that adds controller support on iOS, with controller support on Android expected 6 months down the line.
There are plenty examples to the contrary. It's almost like one of the platforms has the supermajority of phones in most countries, so there are plenty of apps only targeting a single one.
Do you have any examples handy? It'd strengthen your argument a great deal, even if it wasn't the specific example of controller support.