Apple's new Force Touch technology, expected to ship in their new iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus today, has been around longer than you think.
The Apple event has been scheduled in September every year and this year it is on schedule as usual. Apple is considered a pioneer in the smartphone industry as it has introduced a lot of firsts in the segment. They have heavily influenced the course of progress for a mobile device and, at the event tomorrow, they are expected to unveil something revolutionary. Right?
The whole world has their eyes set on the Cupertino company to release the next lineup of smartphones. Apple launched two phones last year, the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus and tomorrow they plan to launch the Apple iPhone 6S and the Apple iPhone 6S Plus. The devices are rumoured to sport Force Touch Display, a technology that Apple first showcased with the Apple Watch. The main motive behind the Force Touch display was to introduce a new method for the user to interact with the device.
What is Force Touch? Force Touch is a feature developed by Apple that senses pressure applied on a screen or touchpad and responds accordingly. The technology first debuted on the 2015 Apple MacBook, followed by the Apple Watch, and the next generation of iPhone is also expected to sport the same. Force Touch uses tiny electrodes around the flexible Retina Display to distinguish between a light tap and a hard press. And some might think this is revolutionary but guess what?
Android has had this nifty little feature since November 2009! It dates back to Android Eclair 2.0 and the feature was introduced in the Level 5 API. A developer even made an app that uses this API and shows how Force Touch works on Android. The app is very crude but demonstrates how Android does record pressure exerted on the touchscreen. We've got screenshots below from our tests on a Nexus 5. You can try out the app called Force Touch Demo yourself, but don't put a whole lot of pressure on the touchscreen else you may end up cracking it.
Aditya Shenoy is a technology enthusiast and the Deputy Editor at Pricebaba.com
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