Well, all those pieces are built in to their respective Apple devices. You'll be using 3rd party applications to achieve the same thing on Windows/Android. While it's certainly possible, it's not as fully integrated, which I think was his point. We're not all nerdy gaf posters, so simple and integrated always wins.
Long post incoming (really I had to do this because I'm not understanding this point that people keep bringing up about integration):
When I get a new android phone or wipe a phone that I own clean and reinstall Android, I'm always presented with the option to restore all my apps, settings, contacts, and passwords, etc. I've never lost a contact. Lollipop even gives me the option now to actually hand pick which apps I had installed prior on the same exact device.
When I login to my Google account on ANY android device, I have access to my uploaded photos, files, videos, and music (via google music), from the respective google apps (google photo, drive, google movies/film, google books, google music). When I engage a group chat with my old college friends while checking my Gmail, I can continue that chat through my phone/tablet (yes, I've done this before because I just grabbed whatever device I had most close to me).
With any of my Lollipop devices, with one swipe and press of the toggle button, I can cast my screen to my HDTV. I don't even need to switch the input on the TV - it does it automatically. I almost literally don't have to do anything. Same thing applies to laptops running Chrome.
When set up a calendar event from my PC, I get notifications reminders for that event on whatever device I'm using based on how I set it.
When I'm signed into my Google account and I search for a location on maps on my PC, I'm confident that I will see that same location pop up as a recent search on my phone. I can then just tap and get directions to that same address. This is all done on default settings meaning that I don't have to change anything. Can you explain to me how much easier Google can make this process?
When I get reservation for my rental car & restaurants, airplane boarding information and when I schedule doctor appointments - Google syncs up the information across all on my devices and this is done by default
Cloud save has worked flawlessly for the developers that have implemented it (I'm not sure why more don't).
Everything I'm describing above is all so simple and doesn't require a tutorial. Only Google apps are involved here.
Even with the inclusion of casting with the third party apps is just as easy because all you have to do is look for the chromcast button and press it to cast that content. Don't get me started on Google Now. I rarely need to use it, but when I'm in a new city and I use it, it turns out to be a very powerful tool that's easy to use.
So what am I missing? What makes the Apple's experience so much more magical? I can see people saying iMessage only because of the ability to also see text messages on your Mac, so it helps the whole continuity aspect. But fortunately for me, this doesn't matter for the group chat I'm in because it's being done on hangouts.
