The dynamic island is a great example of the Apple’s hardware/software mindset. It doesn’t do a lot right now, but it does add some nice personality to the OS. Neat stuff ahead.

Let’s not forget how promising the MacBook’s Touch Bar was supposed to be.

I did un upgrade from the 11 to the 14 pro. This display is so amazing, smooth! The design for me is impressive, very elegant i say. This feature about Dynamic Island is amazing

One of the most brilliant KZfaq reviewers but often overlooked. Outstanding commentary and visuals. I don't know if I'll get the iPhone 14 pro but one thing I do. That is that Mark Spurrell will become one of the biggest KZfaqrs one day. Keep going Mark , we are all behind you.

Thanks for actually showing us how this new feature works and its benefits!

I think ita a brilliant way of integrating the user experience with that camera cut out. If not, you might notice occasional just how annoying having a cut out in your screen is. I really dont mind it being integrated for the notification animation and such but I hope there is a way to make the pixels along the thickness of the island black when you view things full screen. I'm not sure if some buttons on certain apps like games would be under that island and you won't be able to click it because of it.

I was a Android user for a long time. This year I switched to Apple. Generally I am content about my purchase. But honestly I miss some features on Android such as multi windows. It was handy to me in some situations to use 2 app in the same time which isn’t available in IOS.

3:27 he’s playing LA DI DA by EVERGLOW, love to see it !

As a font geek myself, I like the name ‘Dynamic Island’ because when you write a name with a font starts with D, pair it with Apple’s SF Pro Display, it looks gorgeous. I don’t know if it’s only me. I don’t care the name. I just care how the words look with certain font.

So it’s basically a notification widget with a weird shape??

This stupid “dynamic island” is apple trying to put lipstick on a pig. The fact they can actually convince fools that having an ugly black dead space of useless screen is a “cool new feature” shows how stupid people are. The ONLY reason the notch and now this equally bad pill exist is because of apples idiotic obsession with facial id on their phones. Instead of abandoning Face ID and just going with a fingerprint scanner like everyone else is doing the stubbornly cling to Face ID,which is not necessary and certainly far less important than having a phone with a full screen. I stopped upgrading at the iPhone 8 Plus because I couldn’t stand the notch. Each year I kept waiting for them to finally come out out a phone that all screen but it still hasn’t happened,because of their damn obsession with Face ID. Meanwhile Samsung and others are coming out with phones with beautiful uninterrupted screens,or screens with tiny hole punches for the front camera. It’s honestly amazing that Apple,who used to be innovators have allowed themselves to fall so far behind the rest of the industry in this regard,and are now playing sleazy circus sideshow type cons on people trying to convince them that having a big black oval for Face ID sensors permanently hogging what could be useable space on their screens is a “cool feature”,instead of a huge liability. I refuse to buy another iPhone until they get rid of it. The fact that someone would pay more to get less baffles me. I’ll go with the s23 plus this year until apple can pull its head out of its wormhole and ditch this.

Great video and cool features, I just can’t justify the small differences in features to purchase a new iPhone. Still rocking the 12. Rock on 🤙

Great video, Mark. Really well done. You didn't even bug your viewers to like or subscribe, and so I'm doing both.

You can actually change the active activity in the dynamic island you just need to swipe left or right in the middle part of the island instead of trying to swipe the secondary activity that’s shaped like a dot. Maybe it was not possible at the time of this video but it is possible now, I use it all the time.

So a notification bar? So revolutionary.

3:28 Stan everglow yall

I got the 14 Pro through AT&T on trade in. I haven’t downloaded many apps and I’m still just impressed by this new pill cutout. Honestly my personal phone is a 13 Pro Max that I got barely a month ago. Wishing I would’ve waited knowing how amazing the 14 Pro was.

Mine doesn’t do anything. I just now got this phone and so far it sucks to learn about all these cool features that don’t work. Now I have to schlep to the Genius Bar

Thanks for the video! Also loving EVERGLOW's feature here🥰

What I really want from apple is for you to be able to zoom in on your selfies before you take a selfie. Yeah yeah we got magnifier but what good is that

It would be interesting if you use the "Dynamic Island using dark mode on iPhone".

Android have split screen which allows real multi tasking for 10 years now lmao the dynamic island is cute tho... for kids😂

RIP Apollo 😢

I like when I start a 5 hour timer and it just sits in the dynamic island so I can stare at every second passing by. The timer icon would be fine, but seeing the timer countdown for hours is insane.

I don’t see why the dynamic island couldn’t exist without the notch. It’s a solution for a problem they created. For me it feels like being pointed towards a design flaw with a winky face.

Best review of the Dynamic Island I've seen so far!

Dynamic island? Just seems like a fancy way of saying we're too lazy to remove the notch

I want to have the pixel pet hanging out around the dynamite island all the time, not just when you visit Reddit, and I can feed him and play with him, I hope they make this happen

My biggest issue with it is it doesn’t go away when watching movies/videos. Its annoying there is a chunk gone out of my screen. Im debating on getting one

Super vid 🎥, Mark. ~ Many thanks from Oxford, 🇬🇧 !

The Dynamic Island is just a widget. It partially camouflages the pill cutout but nothing to get excited about

How did he get the calendar and battery life widget on his Home Screen , I need that

1.) what’s that widget in the thumbnail picture? it’s got calendar, battery percentage and phone storage information all in one. Can’t find it on my phone. Running iPhone 13 promax. 2.) I really can’t stand the idea of the dynamic island, I really wish they would’ve just continued to shrink the notch… But now that I see some of the stuff that they’ve done with it, feature wise, not the worst thing I’ve seen. It actually excites me because, that puts the timer in immediate reach all the time because I use my timer way more than I think.

Unfortunately major part of app developers are ignoring Dynamic Island. It is a really great feature but with no attention

Hit the island is super fun and makes the notch a fun thing to play with lol.

It's May 2024, still super unimpressed

How bout notification banners? Just switched to 15 pro and was expecting it would be integrated in the island.

Good lord is this the best Apple can do 🤣. I used to like Apple but they have fallen so behind Samsung.

I thought i never needed dynamic Island until i upgraded from my 13 Promax to 14 Promax, i love it

My 6s+ doesn’t have a notch or an island.

I already watching this video with my iPhone 14 pro max that I got today!

kinda taskbar, but to me it is similar to when you have a hole on your left trousers leg and stitch heart shaped patches to both of them :) I suppose after several years it will down the path of touch bar on the macbook

la di da by everglow 😍

It's just quirky, fun software feature completely unexpected from Apple. Good job doing something original team Apple. Keep that ball rolling now

To see your timer you don’t need to flip through recent apps or search for the app 😂 simply swipe down on your Notification Center even quicker than a press and hold on the upper cut out 👌🏻

Guys please help!🙏How to watch youtube in the background on iphone 15 (I have premium)? When I play yt video and minimize the app to do something else on my phone it minimizes to dynamic island and I can only hear the sound. How can I see this little movable square with video? Is there any setting?

People love using the timer as an example of what the DI can do but like who actually uses the timer? I’ve never used it once lol.

I have the new iPhone 14 pro and ngl I would like to see most notifications pop up in the dynamic island as well. Right now if I get a text for example itll pop up underneath and looks kinda cheap so I hope that message integration will come as well

do you have QR code for the widgets you used in your homescreen for this video? (calendar with battery; steps)

My last Iphone was the Iphone 7 and after that i started using Samsung because they were much cheaper even though i dont like android, but my current Samsung started to fail me so i decided to buy the Iphone 14 pro (normal size) And i'm amazed on what Apple brought to the Table with this one. And i also missed the IOS operating system.

I know I'm not the only one who mixes up the *holding to interact* and *tapping to switch* on the Dynamic Island.

What’s the most fascinating is realizing that this feature was developed so close to launch that most of the support images of the phone didn’t even include the Dynamic Island in the first place… like probably some Developer was playing around one day and came up with the idea, maybe a month or two ago, and it got fast tracked because Apple knew it was a winner.

The best part is needing two hands to reach all the way up to visit the island. Just like the ios back button. And with the ground breaking addition of always on display...ingenious. 🤔

Can anyone tell me how to get the widget present on top of the thumbnail?..the one with calendar battery percentage, storage & ram usage indicator.

Well, implementation with 1st party apps is of course no problem. what users are concerned is the implementation with 3rd party apps.

You helped me realize something with the island and music, thank you!!

The best thing about this KN episode was how diverse it was. You had a Mexican chef cooking Chinese food in an Italian restaurant.

I hate the front camara and how it blocks some view from the screen..it would be nice if apple can develop a front screen where it camoflouges the camara away so that you wont even know its there

I didnt want it to come to this, but you sold me, I didnt know how useful this feature could be!

We get all these new features n upgrades in software (all good n cool) yet for years this dam sound off button has remained and never went software based. Plus you switch phone to silent and not even a wee icon symbol reminding you phones on mute (many a time i’ve switched my phone to mute, forgot about it and missed texts n calls as the only way to know if phone on mute is looking at the button) come on apple do something with this button n feature, if your ditching headphone jacks, sim trays then why is this button still hanging around?

Can it vanish? That would be an ultimate feature.

What widget is that with the calendar and battery percentage in one???

Wonderful review. Very knowledgeable, relatable and refreshing video and KZfaqrs.

I got my iPhone 14 pro just an hour ago and ITS A GREAT upgrade from my 11 pro max.

My 14 pro should be arriving later in the afternoon tmr i can’t wait 😊

What's wrong with the term dynamic island? It's very descriptive

Thanks for explaining. That dynamic island is basically the main difference between the 14+ and the 14 Pro Max. Might as well splurge for the pro.

dynamic island they could name it as dynamic shit,just to hide those big notch

I cringed when I first heard the name in the launch. But, now after hearing it hundreds of times, I have started finding it to be very normal 😂

which widget is he using for the battery+storage+calendar?

wow, pop-up view apps and calls at the top of the screen...never seen such a feature..

on 16.A beta you can actually move the timer to replace the music in the dynamic island using gestures... i cannot wait for 3rd parties live activities to be displayed there like an uber ride , or a delivery .. one thing would be cool , is an option forms to be able to long press and go to the app instead of a simple tap , i would prefer a single tap to show the expanded Island...

I honestly wish the pro max and pro were like the other 13s and 14 plus and didn’t have the dynamic island personally it’s very confusing

so it's basically a more better notification bar?

My iPhone 14 pro has never had dynamic island what so ever and is I’m at a lost how to get it activate. I have most up to date software dunno how to active it since listening to music, putting on silent, and all does nothing

What’s that widget ur using with the weather and calendar in one? At the top widget both 2:45 minute.

Everything the dynamic island can do ? Should be a ten second video.

I love how all these KZfaqrs talk about using the timer lol😂

The dynamic island makes me wanna upgrade so bad😓

I'm trying to update from 12 to 15 pro but that dynamic thing worries me. i am a one hand phone User so maybe it will be bothersome to me. Can someone explain to me if all incoming calls, music tracks changing, etc. will now be permanently on the upper side of the screen instead on the lower side like we all are used to?

I havent jailbroken a phone in years and have been wondering if people still do it.

Never expected to see any tech KZfaq listening to LA DI DA by Everglow haha

beautifully explained content Mark.

I saw some more usage, like a red dot when recording screen, or an animation when recording voice reminders

It isn’t persistent but you can shuffle through the dynamic island by swapping left or right.

I like that you didnt make a 10 minute long hate speech on how bad it is for views every other video mine comes tomorrow

thanks for making my need for it greater ❤ my mom is getting me a new iPhone (14 ofc) in November and i just gotta binge watch every iPhone 14 🤭🤭

Ugh, just sad that I'm never going to experience this on a Mini sized phone. This would have been perfect for the Mini lineup. Really hoping they rebrand the Mini as the new SE.. and in the future get the dynamic island.

3:02 you can change the priority of apps in the island but it’s more of a gentle swipe rather than a drag

can DI enabled at iphone13?

Brilliant video. Please could you tell me how you got those widgets? I would love my iPhone like that.

You can surprisingly get a very good replication of this on android, preferably for center hole punch camera phones with OLED. It requires a lot of permissions, but it also does almost as much as the iOS one. There's also a custom launcher that nearly perfectly mimics iOS 17. You can get the iPhone experience with the openness of android.

Can you tell me how to get the widget present on top of the thumbnail?..the one with calendar battery percentage, storage & ram usage indicator.

The S10 plus I got 4 years ago has a dynamic island. Maybe it's not as sophisticated as Apple's version, but it's nothing new or spectacular like many are describing it as. Apple are way behind on most fronts

great video, thank you - quick question? how do I get the widget for calendar and battery and also storage?

I hated the KZfaq island but got used to it , now I miss it 😪 some how my youtube doesn’t show on the island anymore when I’m on a different app it just shows a small video widget on my screen n have to move it around .

My island is not doing the "vaccum effect" on any app.. do you know anything about any setting that i need to have?

The pill cutting into the video is driving me insane lol

Great review, and I didn’t have to sit through 15 minutes to get the information I needed. Reviews should be resumes, not literary epics. Thank you.

Can you share the wallpaper?