The may have only arrived yesterday but developers are already dreaming up fun and interesting use cases for Apple’s new . Take Creator Christian SeligFor example, On Friday, he updated his Reddit client to implement support for “Pixel Pals.” The feature adds a critter that does cute things on top of your phone’s Dynamic Island while you have Apollo open. You can also choose between multiple creatures such as a cat, dog or hedgehog, fox and axolotl.
If you don’t have an iPhone 14 Pro or Pro Max, don’t worry. You can also add the creatures to your phone as lock screen widgets – provided you have installed. Google teased an iPhone widget that would function as a shortcut on the subject of iPhone widgets. .
Selig isn’t the only person doing something creative with the iPhone 14 Pro’s Dynamic Island. A tweet was spotted by Kriss Smolka, WaterMinder founder, presented Hit the Island, a game that makes use of the UI element to create a Pong-style game. It is available for download at the . I can only say that these apps make my iPhone 12 a little jealous.
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