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<\/div>\nApple is urging developers to relocate app features that rely on Force Touch before the release of watchOS 7.<\/p>\n
The newly announced watchOS 7<\/a> is gaining several new features<\/a>, including the ability to track sleep, track and monitor mobility, and a helpful hand washing timer. However, it appears that it will also be losing a feature that all prior versions have had: Force Touch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Force Touch allowed wearers to press on the Apple Watch display to access additional controls, such as swapping out watch faces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Now, Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines<\/a> page states that Force Touch will not be migrating to watchOS 7. Not only will any forthcoming Apple Watches not support it, anyone who updates their watch to watchOS 7 will lose support for Force Touch as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The key paragraph reads:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Firm press and long press. In versions of watchOS before watchOS 7, people could press firmly on the display to do things like change the watch face or reveal a hidden menu called a Force Touch menu. In watchOS 7 and later, system apps make previously hidden menu items accessible in a related screen or a settings screen. If you formerly supported a long-press gesture to open a hidden menu, consider relocating the menu items elsewhere.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Choosing to drop the support for Force Touch across all Apple Watch models will ensure that all wearers have a consistent experience regardless of hardware. The choice also suggests that the “Apple Watch Series 6” will not feature hardware capable of supporting Force Touch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Apple made a similar choice when choosing to drop support for 3D Touch<\/a> on the iPhone XR and subsequent iPhone releases. Later iterations of the iPhone support Haptic Touch, which requires a user to press for a certain amount of time, rather than a certain amount of force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Tags:<\/b> Amber Neely <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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Apple is urging developers to relocate app features that rely on Force Touch before the release of watchOS 7. The newly announced watchOS 7 is gaining several new features, including the ability to track sleep, track and monitor mobility, and a helpful hand washing timer. However, it appears that it will also be losing a feature that … Continue reading Force Touch support to be dropped in watchOS 7<\/span><\/a> Continue Reading