iPhone XR carries the same A12 Bionic chip as iPhone XS. You can adjust the iPhone’s flashlight brightness with 3D Touch. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac Apple kind of ...

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Apple previously deployed a feature called 3D Touch, which was first introduced with the iPhone 6S lineup in late 2015. This feature allowed for pressure-sensitive functions, such as holding a button ...

In 2015, when Apple launched the iPhone 6S, it also debuted a new iOS interface called 3D Touch. This feature uses the iPhone’s pressure-sensitive surface to help you view, navigate, and control some ...

When Apple released the iPhone XR, it didn't include 3D Touch as a feature due to the technical challenges of implementing an edge-to-edge display, but did introduce an alternative: Haptic Touch.

The iPhone XR does not have a pressure-sensitive display, so it lacks 3D Touch. Apple has introduced alternative gestures for many 3D Touch features under the marketing guise of ‘Haptic Touch’. This ...

Haptic Touch has always felt like a poor replacement for 3D Touch, but a new setting option makes it better. I do, and I miss it all the time. Apple introduced 3D Touch with the iPhone 6S. The feature ...

Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around ...

As Apple continues testing its iOS 17 beta, users and developers have discovered a new feature that resembles the beloved but discontinued 3D Touch. The faster Haptic Touch option enhances the user ...

Unpopular opinion: I really like 3D Touch on iPhone. Apple introduced the pressure-sensitive display technology on the iPhone 6S in 2015 as an evolution of multi-touch. Apple executives gushed about ...

The second beta of iOS 17 that Apple released to developers yesterday includes a setting that makes the haptic feedback feature activate faster than before, which some users may prefer. An ...