With iPhone 6S, many Quick Actions work right from the Home screen and require only a single press.
If you ask for one cool new feature in the Apple iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus, then the finger has to point to 3D touch.
But what is 3D Touch?
3D Touch is essentially a touchscreen technology that is able to sense pressure and hence capable to responding to a new set of gestures. So if you see a mail in your inbox, you just need to press it with a bit more pressure to see what are the options available there.
Apple says 3D Touch enables Peek and Pop which lets you “dip in and out of content without losing your place”.
Apple says 3D Touch enables Peek and Pop which lets you “dip in and out of content without losing your place”. A light press lets you peek in a photo, email, web page or other content, and press a little deeper to Pop into the content itself.
So on the homescreen a deep press on the message app will let you send an SMS without going in or take a selfie with just a simple press from the Home screen.
This all enables Quick Actions, that provides shortcuts to the things you do most. So on the homescreen a deep press on the message app will let you send an SMS without going in or take a selfie with just a simple press from the Home screen.
Apple has apparently been working for many years on 3D Touch, which debuted in a way with the Apple Watch earlier this year.
The same functionality might be of better use for mobile gamers, who anyway unnecessary stress on the screen to get things done. Now deep presses will let them chose weapons or other options without lifting their finger during the game.
Apple has apparently been working for many years on 3D Touch, which debuted in a way with the Apple Watch earlier this year.
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Apple’s Chief Design Officer Jonathan Ive told Bloomberg: “Why would we spend this many years working on 3D Touch when you can do some of these things with a button? Well it’s, it’s just such a fluid connection with your content… And not everything is binary, is it?”
Nandagopal Rajan writes on technology, gadgets and everything related. He has worked with the India Today Group and Hindustan Times. He is an alumnus of Calicut University and Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal. ... Read More