Every year, around Apple WWDC time, I like taking off my Android geek and fan cap, putting it aside, and enjoying what our friends-slash-rivals from Cupertino are doing for their users.

iOS has borrowed a lot from Android and continues to do so, and vice-versa.

I expect Apple to implement a few features that I've been wanting on Android for years, and to add a few innovative and obvious options that I never knew I needed but now can't get out of my head.

In the meantime, iOS 14 just leapfrogged Android with a universal search bar that launches apps, finds contacts and files, filters through personal notes, opens websites, and brings up answers to weather and maps and other general questions.

And no, Assistant doesn't count; it's just a clumsy way of doing something that can and should be done with a few taps.

Currently, the Play Store Family Library supports sharing of purchased apps, games, books, movies, and TV shows.

It sounds like Google's At a glance widget for Pixels, but with plenty of extra oomph since it's not limited to a few types of data.

There's the promise of freeform windows on Android, but it's still a developer feature and so far not as elegant or useful as PIP.

Apple just implemented PIP in iOS 14, but is offering two extra features from the start: pinch-to-zoom to resize the floating window and an easy way to minimize it off the screen then bring it back.

In comparison, Apple just added the ability to send a voice recording on iMessage via Siri, and I'm sure it'll work better than whatever hacky mishmash Google already has with WhatsApp.

Instead of showing replies like WhatsApp or Telegram do, Apple will display these as Slack-style threads.

Apple's Home app continues to run laps around Google's.

With App Clips, Apple is essentially copying Instant Apps, a feature that's been on Android for years, but making it more useful from the get-go.

Privacy continues to be a big talking point in both Apple's and Google's OS updates, and iOS 14 is no different.

Neither Chrome nor Android offer that level of control yet.

Despite multiple overhauls, Android Auto's development continues to be so slow it may as well be stagnating.

AirPods already play with Apple devices better than most Bluetooth buds ever could with Android — the only ones that come close are those with Fast Pair and there are only a model or two available.

It's like Bluetooth Multipoint, but on another level and with more than two devices

Comparing Apple Watch to Wear OS is downright painful, so I'll just say I really liked the idea of the shareable watch faces (some Wear OS apps like Facer and Pujie attempted that, but the feature is absent on the platform level), the new workout tracking capabilities for dance and core training, and the automatic hand-washing detection

I keep telling my Android Police colleagues that Android tablets aren't that bad and just do what I need them to do

But then Apple comes along and unveils features that are so far ahead of anything Android or Chrome offer on tablets and I have to shut up a little and face the music

Be it all the Pencil features or the new app UIs that make a much better use of the larger screen, Apple knows what it's doing with its slabs

I'm already jealous of proper multi-user support on Apple TV, which in comparison, is a frustrating experience on Android TV

There are also improvements to smart home controls, which are only accessible via Assistant on Android TV — if it works — and the option to send your Apple TV audio to two AirPods to enjoy your content without keeping the whole house awake

Apple continues to do interesting things for its mobile platforms, things that will hopefully ripple through to our side one day, just like many of Google's Android changes have made their way to iOS and its larger ecosystem throughout the years