AI sparks classic Android, iOS tug of war for developers

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Mint, Srivastava said Apple’s developer outreach is enabling independent innovators.“Apple’s developer documentation is strong and simplified, and it is easy to build one app and seamlessly market it to all of iOS (for smartphone users), iPadOS (for tablet users) and macOS (for laptop users). As independent developers without vast resources, working on Apple’s developer ecosystem makes it easy to cater to a wider audience, which in turn can help us focus on creativity and simple use cases—rather than coding and debugging issues," Srivastava told Mint.At the other end of the table, developers being wooed by Google stand at a precarious juncture.

Varun Mayya, an independent developer and technology content creator, said that one of the biggest draws of building for Google’s ecosystem is its outreach. “Apple’s market is too small for bootstrapped developer companies to work on building commercially monetizable apps and services from India.

However, Apple’s devices, such as the iPhone, have specialized hardware components such as a lidar sensor—which enable specific apps that use visual design—that can make the most of Apple’s AI stack," he said.While Google has been rolling out AI features for the past year, Apple’s entry is brand new. Calling it ‘Apple Intelligence’, the iPhone maker’s generative AI push includes on-device features such as live call transcriptions, email writing and summarization, photo editing and a new interface for its cross-platform digital assistant, Siri.