Jun 25, 2020 17:00:00

It turned out that the pressure-sensitive touch function has been deleted from the latest OS ``watchOS 7'' of Apple Watch

On June 22, 2020 local time, Apple's annual conference for developers '

WWDC 2020 ' was held, and next-generation OS such as ' iOS 14 ' for iPhone and ' iPadOS 14 ' for iPad and Mac unique Projects such as ' Apple Silicon ' have been announced that will adopt the processor of development. Among them, ' watchOS 7 ' which is the latest OS for Apple Watch was also announced, but as a change not mentioned in WWDC, 'WatchOS 7 has removed the Force Touch (pressure sensitive touch) function'. It is reported that.

watchOS 7 drops Force Touch support, likely ahead of Apple Watch Series 6 hardware changes-9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2020/06/23/apple-watch-force-touch-watchos-7/

Apple Drops Force Touch Gesture in watchOS 7-MacRumors

https://www.macrumors.com/2020/06/23/apple-drops-force-touch-gesture-in-watchos-7/

Apple is removing Force Touch from watchOS 7 | Engadget
https://www.engadget.com/apple-removing-force-touch-watchos-7-142522833.html

In WWDC 2020, various new functions that appeared in watchOS 7 were mentioned, improvement of freedom of dial, measurement of heart rate data and calorie consumption by activities such as dance, sounding optimal for sleep and sleeping The 'sleep preparation' mode, which reads the breath of the person, was announced. On the other hand, although it was not mentioned in WWDC 2020, one of the main functions of watchOS, 'pressure sensitive touch' function, is no longer supported in watchOS 7.

With the pressure-sensitive touch function, you can press the screen of the Apple Watch to push it hard to perform different operations from the normal touch. The Apple Watch screen is quite small compared to tablets and smartphones, and it's difficult to display multiple elements on the screen, making pressure-sensitive touch a convenient way to access a variety of features.

However, in watchOS 7, the menu screen that can be accessed by pressure-sensitive touch is now incorporated into the normal interface, and it can now be accessed by scrolling instead of pushing the screen.

The change that the pressure-sensitive touch feature will be removed in watchOS 7 will also affect apps for watchOS that use the pressure-sensitive touch feature, so developers will have to incorporate a different method of operation. .. It seems that the native application already included in the beta version of watchOS 7 ‌ has removed the function of using pressure-sensitive touch, and the operation that has been done by pushing the screen so far is replaced with another operation. thing.

The next Apple Watch, which is expected to be released in the fall of 2020, will be equipped with watchOS 7 as a standard feature, so the next Apple Watch may not have the Taptic Engine hardware related to pressure-sensitive touch. Although it's unclear why Apple removed the pressure-sensitive touch feature, MacRumors speculated that the removal of the hardware required for the pressure-sensitive touch feature could allow it to have a larger battery. ..

Apple has discontinued '3D Touch,' a pressure-sensitive touch function for the iPhone, in the iPhone 11 series.