One UI 5.0 vs iOS 16 – Can Apple compete with Samsung’s customizable Always on Display?

Always On Display, also known as AOD, is on of the most useful and famed features of Samsung smartphones for ages. Whereas, Apple has introduced its AOD feature just a few months ago. And, in this article, I am going to compare Samsung One UI 5.0 Always On Display feature with Apple iOS 16 Always On Display.

Aren’t you excited to see if the most awaited iPhone AOD can compete with Samsung’s customizable Always on Display or not? Let’s check it out in this comparison story.

One UI 5.0 Always on Display

Samsung has been offering the Always On Display feature for years and over time, the company has significantly improved it. Obviously, this feature shows time, date, notifications, missed calls, battery level, and other essential information without unlocking your phone but there are much more.

At the same time, One UI offers users a variety of clocks styles and AOD designs, you can choose colors and wallpapers or can even select a picture from the gallery to put on your Always On Display screen.

Besides the basics, it also presents many widgets on the AOD screen by double-tapping the clock area, and can easily play music off-screen, or check schedules and alarms. Not only this, but you can also pin text and images that you want to remember every time.

In addition to all this, Samsung also offers its Galaxy devices to apply AOD in the landscape. You can select whether you want to see AOD while tapping or always. If that’s not enough, you can even schedule AOD on Samsung. And, if you want your AOD to show new notifications or the fingerprint icon, you can enable these options as well.

iOS 16 Always on Display

To be honest, I was pretty excited to see the Always On Display making its way to Apple iPhones. The US company has introduced a completely different AOD from the ‘traditional’ feature that we see on Samsung or other Android phones. It has an abundance of elements on the screen at all times.

The initial implementation on iOS 16 just dimmed out the display. It did not turn any pixels off, nor did it blacken out the background, which means you’ll still see parts of your wallpaper on the screen. But things have been changed with iOS 16.2 as it offers you the ability to disable the wallpaper portion, which will make the background black just like a usual AOD.

Other than this, the Always-On display on iPhones shows helpful information, including the time, widgets, and wallpaper, all while using new technologies that make the display incredibly power efficient. On the other hand, you can also disable Notification from the AOD.

It is worth mentioning that Apple AOD is not actually part of iOS 16 software, it is introduced with iPhone 14 series, and maybe it will expand to older devices in the future.

One UI 5.0 vs iOS 16 – Always on Display

Apple’s implementation of the Always on Display feature is admittedly creative, but it’s a classic example of choosing form over function, meaning it’s pretty but not particularly useful.

Samsung’s approach to AOD, on the other hand, makes so much more sense. After all, the main motive of Always on Display is to provide essential information at a glance.

If you are thinking that Apple has introduced AOD for the first time so the company will take some time to make it perfect. You may be right but let me tell you that even years ago Samsung’s AOD was better than the current Apple AOD.

So, Apple iOS 16 Always On Display cannot compete with Samsung One UI 5.0 Always On Display in any way, at least now.