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Android phones have come a long, long way. From the era of clunky, half-baked doohickeys to fine artifacts that demonstrate human proficiency and imagination, the journey of our digital accomplices hasn’t been less than inspiring. And over these years, Android devices have picked up several excellent features that now feel so familiar and ubiquitous that even Apple has had to adopt them on the iPhone.
Many of these features originated as musings of indie developers but have now gained enough popularity to be incorporated into Android. To commemorate them, we’re highlighting eight such features, even though we could make a much longer list.