![]() In 2018, three years after the release of 3D Touch, Apple limited the feature to more expensive iPhones – specifically the iPhone XS and XS Max. We have a developed version of that tech on MacBooks. ![]() It worked for notifications, phone numbers, and more. You could hard press on a link or conversation and the system would show a quick preview of the content. The tech lives on in the form of Force Touch on MacBooks’ trackpad.īack in the day, the feature was mainly used to access quick actions on app icons. While many consider 3D Touch to have failed, I say it’s the term “3D Touch” that failed. Ta-da!īut why would a company bring back a feature that costs a lot to make and failed within half a decade of use? Did 3D Touch really fail? Bringing back 3D Touch would solve this as it would give us two different actions while pressing the screen. Image used with permission by copyright holderĪs iOS gets more mature and Apple introduces more features, it’ll be inevitable to need to use the same action for two different purposes. If I had the option to select text with a long press and select the person with a hard press, it would make for a frictionless experience – something Apple has always aimed to create. This is a very specific scenario, but it encapsulates the idea of why 3D Touch needs to make a comeback. In my usage, iOS selected the text instead of the person - despite me hoping it would do the opposite. But what if there’s an image with text and you want to choose the person instead?įor instance, you could be wearing a T-shirt with a quote, and long-pressing on the subject would confuse the system. On the other hand, if there’s a living being like your pet or yourself, it selects the subject, removes the background, and lets you paste it into iMessage. If there’s text in the image, it will let you select the text to copy and paste into a browser or email. With touch and hold responsible for so many functions in Photos (it reads the text and selects the subject to be shared on iMessage), it might be a good time to bring back 3D Touch (of iPhone 7) to differentiate between tap and press! #iOS16 #iPhone14 I really hope the iPhone 16 doesn’t look like this The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra may steal this iPhone 15 camera feature Have a lot of Apple devices? I found the perfect charger for you
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