A wide variety of functions should be much quicker to activate on the iPhone 6S, judging from a fresh report of how the pressure-sensitive Force Touch works on the handset. Sources who have used the iPhone 6S claim that the technology allows users to regularly “shortcut” actions.
The report comes from 9to5Mac and says that, according to these sources, Force Touch is intended for skipping potentially cumbersome lists of options or button presses during usage of many of the device’s built-in apps. This differs from Force Touch on the Apple Watch, where the feature is designed for bringing up new options rather than speeding up use of existing ones.
Examples of intuitive Force Touch usage on the iPhone 6S that have been explained to 9to5Mac include pressing just once on a location in the Maps app to instantly launch turn-by-turn directions, and firmly pressing on a listed song in the Music app to more quickly add the song to a playlist. Other core apps said to now benefit from Force Touch functions include Safari, News and Phone.
These sources have also described the “nice” and “consistent” physical feedback that comes with each Force Touch press. Many iOS app developers should therefore delight in learning that Apple has apparently been intending to enable third party apps to draw upon Force Touch, too.
