Samsung launches iTest to help iPhone users get a taste of Android on the same phone simultaneously.
The South Korean smartphone giant has launched a new interactive web experience, called iTest, that will let iPhone users easily “sample the other side”. Samsung is increasing its efforts to win over iPhone customers. The smartphone maker has released a new website called “iTest,” and it allows iPhone users to “get a little taste of Samsung” through a web application that simulates the Android experience.
When you visit Samsung’s iTest website, you will be notified to add the web application to your iPhone’s home screen. Once you do this, you can open it just like any other app and get some hands-on time with the Android interface.
The South Korean Tech giant Samsung explain by saying “You’re about to get a little taste of Samsung, without changing phones. We can’t replicate every function, but you should quickly see that there’s nothing daunting about switching to the other side“.
The experience is actually pretty amazing and does a good job of replicating the Android and Samsung Galaxy experience through a web application running on an iPhone. You can do quite a bit, including browsing the Galaxy Store, changing themes, exploring the Samsung Camera app, and more. The banner image in the Galaxy Store naturally promotes Fortnite, which Apple removed from the App Store.
When you’re in the Samsung iTest app on your iPhone, you’ll even get a variety of simulated text notifications and phone calls highlighting different things to try out and different ways of communicating with friends. And of course, Samsung is also using this as an opportunity to promote its other Galaxy products, such as Galaxy Buds Pro, Galaxy Watch3, and Galaxy Buds Live.
But while the overall iTest experience is impressive, there are so many areas where it falls apart. Some of the applications only allow you to take a look at the splash screens, and there are also technical limitations to web apps. For example, when you try to open the folder called “popular apps,”
Samsung says: “Don’t worry, all the apps you love are available. Because let’s be honest, most of them are Google products and we’re good buddies with those guys”.
