Accessibility on Modern IOS vs Google Pixel

Now, if this isn’t something, I just looked on this site because I have been considering getting or switching rather to android. I have banned an iPhone user for a very long time going all the way back to the iPhone 3GS. But I am getting tired of a lot of the bugs that everyone else has mentioned as well, and I am definitely interested in changing. I am an assistive technology trainer, therefore I need to learn to use multiple platforms and I’ve heard the android has really made some giant leaps and steps up in accessibility. I too have been looking at the Google pixel 10, and the Samsung S 24. Thank you so much for all this great information. It makes a great idea and definitely makes me consider changing if nothing else just to try it out.

I got my Pixel 10 pro yesterday. So far, I really like it, though I will say there are a few things I'd like to change, and this is with less than 24 hours using the phone.
1. I'd love to remove the search bar that Google insists be on the launcher. Let me get rid of that and give me another row of icons.
2. One thing I like better in Samsung's flavor of Android is multiple sleep schedules, so one for week days and another for weekends. Technically the same can be accomplished by creating a custom schedule, but still, having multiple schedule options for one mode shouldn't be rocket science.

Otherwise, I'd say the device is snappy and a joy to use. I do find Eloquence to get stuck on longer blocks of text, and when I try swiping past, it freezes, but that's not Pixel specific. That also happens on my Galaxy. Otherwise Talkback feels snappier to me than it did on the S22 Ultra, as it should with a device that is considerably newer, has twice the ram, etc.
I am still trying to get stuff all set up, so there may well still be things I find that bug me. It's amazing how much can change even among flavors of the same OS. Over all though, I'm super happy.

Hey Justin,

You lucky guy. Question for you, have you considered changing your launcher? There might be one you can find that covers your needs, and gets rid of that silly search bar. Just a thought. 😇

is still a great launcher to get. But be sure to buy the Prime upgrade to remove the ads.

You can grab said launcher here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&hl=en-US

I agree, I wish google would let you remove that search bar. It's a damn shame though, if I do say so myself. However, that is reportedly being added in android 17, as well as a few other accessibility changes. We're just waiting for "platform stability" which happens this month, meaning the new API level is stable for devs to test out their apps against it. This probably means a lot of these big user-facing changes we're supposed to get will be coming down the pipeline soon enough. Expanding on the comment of eloquence freezing on items, it's a much deeper issue than that, and honestly, it's the biggest pain point on android. Let me give you an example. You're writing, let's say, a research paper, or a novel, or whatever, on your phone, using whatever text editor app you choose. whether it's google docs or something else. If that text gets longer than, roughly 20000 characters, talkback starts to MAJORLY lag. and this is on my Pixel 9A. Which is definitely a modern and decently capable phone. It really sucks. iOS did this part very well, but for a braille user, the cursor's inconsistency with a braille display is what made me jump ship in that aspect. because Android's braille cursor and cursor tracking, in my experience, has been leaps and bounds above what iOS has had in the entire usage of my iPhone. Also, congrats on the new pixel 10 pro. Also, it's a shame that devices with 8 gb of ram like the pixel 9a and 10a don't get those notification summaries, when an iPhone with 8 gb of ram gets them. But yet again... apple's notification summaries have been notoriously bad.

Hey,
So I've used Nova before, and could go back to that, but I already got the pixel launcher set up exactly how I want it, minus removing search bar, but otherwise how I like it. Really don't want to go through all that again. Ug.
Plus, it's not just ads on Nova, I've heard they were also doing some potentially sketchy stuff with permissions.

with nova launcher, i am using an older version that doesn't have the adds cause i just don't wanna buy prime lol, i might in the future, i think it's only $7 or $8 Canadian

What happened to Nova is just... sad.

Hello @Justin when you got the new pixel, how was the transfer from iPhone to the new os and phone?

Hello again thank you for the great poast especially sinse i am really considering switching, where can i learn and hear demos of android and talkback. Also, could someone explain what this launcher is and what they are used for? thanks

For older audio demos from Android Back in the day, check out

https://thatandroidshow.com/

, yes, that site is still up!

For newer happenings when it comes to Android demos and interviews, check out

https://blindandroidusers.com/

Carrie On Accessibility:

https://www.youtube.com/@carrieonaccessibility

and The Blind Life:

https://www.youtube.com/@theblindlife

, also does deep dives on Android stuff for the modern age.

Finally for the AppleVis equivalent for Android users, check out

https://accessibleandroid.com/

, which as deep dives on the Jieshuo Screen Reader, phone reviews from an accessibility point off view, and links to Google specific resources.

Hello,
First, I didn't go directly from the iPhone to the Pixel. I went from iPhone to a Galaxy S22 Ultra, and after a while from that to the Pixel. In either case, both transitions were pretty straight forward. Not hard at all.
As for launchers, think of them as the app that handles your home screen. On iPhone, you get the home screen Apple gives you, and that's it. You can customize only as much as they will let you. On android, if you don't like the home screen that comes by default, install a different app, set it as the default launcher, and you potentially have a very different experience. That's the cool thing about Android. It can be as simple or as complex as you want it to be. If all you want is a simple phone experience, Android can give you that, but if you want to geek out and customize almost any aspect of the system, you can do that too.

I know there is a story there but didn't understand everything.

It was originally ran by one or a few devs, then it got bought out by another company, and then they sold it off, since they weren't making enough money, so now it's with this third company. it's a marketing and advertising group, known for some very suspicious things. I can find you a bit more of info but that's what I remember, I watched a youtube video on it, which is why I'm not touching it!

What happened with Nova, is similarly, what happened with VMware and Broadcom. True story.