Google can't do anything about the iPhone home button being tied to Siri, but it's shipping the Assistant app with
an associated home screen widget, so you can quickly jump directly to it with a swipe from your home or lock screen.
Not exact matches
The other big change is
widgets have been brought to the fore: you can now look at each one on the menu
screen without having to actually select it - this really helps when a new application you've downloaded has an
associated widget and you're wondering whether to waste time popping it on the
home screen.
Pop - up
Widgets negates the need to clutter various
home screens by allowing users to swipe over an app icon to launch its
associated widget.