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(Pocket-lint) - Apple introduced a pressure-sensitive technology in 2015 called 3D Touch. But in 2018 the tech fell out of favour, and the iPhone XR, iPhone SE, iPhone 11 models, iPhone 12 models and iPhone 13 models replaced it with Haptic Touch.
This is everything you need to know about Haptic Touch, how it works, what it lets you do and how it is different to 3D Touch.
3D Touch-enabled devices from the iPhone 6S onwards enabled you to apply pressure to the screen and get a shortcut menu, particularly on app icons.
Apple's Haptic Touch technology is similar to 3D Touch but it doesn't rely on pressure. Instead, Haptic Touch kicks in when a user long-presses the screen, offering a small vibration as acknowledgement following the press; haptic feedback, hence the Haptic Touch name.
Haptic Touch is software-based rather than hardware-based, while 3D Touch was hardware-based, requiring a different type of screen technology that would have made it difficult to deliver the edge-to-edge displays we now expect.
With 3D Touch, different results appeared depending on the force with which you press - such as Peek and Pop. You can read all about 3D Touch in our separate feature if you have a 3D Touch compatible device.
When 3D Touch first launched, only a few apps were compatible - predominantly Apple's native apps. As the months and years went on however, more third-party apps built-in compatibility and while 3D Touch was never a feature we used that much, there were some pretty cool shortcuts.
According to Apple, Haptic Touch "lets you do things faster, like take selfies without launching the camera app". Haptic Touch now offers a lot of functionalities very similar to 3D Touch - you are unlikely to miss 3D Touch at all (if you used it in the first place).
With Haptic Touch, when you long-press some apps, a shortcut menu will appear, along with the option to Remove App or Edit Home Screen. For other apps that haven't developed Haptic Touch compatibility yet, only the option to Remove App, Share App or Edit Home Screen will appear.
Most of Apple's native apps work with Haptic Touch - though not all - and there are a few third-party apps too. Here's a list of a few of our favourite icons to long-press on to deliver shortcuts:
The list above is just a few of the ones we've used regularly, but if you try long-pressing any of your favourite apps, you might be surprised to see a shortcut menu appear.
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To change the sensitivity of Haptic Touch:
Open Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Haptic Touch > Select Fast or Slow.
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