Google has confirmed that Android N, the upcoming new version of the Android operating system, will feature support for touch-sensitive screens. Several Chinese smartphone manufacturers, including, for example Huawei, already have Android smartphones on the market to such Force Touchscreens’ have.
Since the Android operating system does not support at this moment for pressure-sensitive monitors must smartphone manufacturers developing this support themselves. This has the disadvantage that the functionality is often limited and app developers can not use the functionality within apps.
Use for app developers
The integrate support standard Android app developers can build a kind of “check” in their apps to check the smartphone where the app is running has a Force Touchscreen. Once this proves to be the case, app developers can make their app get extra speed or functionality, thanks to the pressure-sensitive display.
More efficient and energy efficient
Typically, the integration of hardware support directly into the Android operating system is also more efficient than when manufacturers develop this. This also brings advantages in the use of computing power of the processor and thus the final energy consumption of a smartphone.
Premiere Apple
Apple was the first manufacturer has released smartphones with a ‘Force Touchscreen. The Apple iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus have such a screen, called by Apple “3D Touch ‘. Thanks to this pressure sensitive display, can “measure” the iPhone how hard is pushed on the screen. With a gentle touch, for example, in the Maps app Apple a location to be selected. By then pressing hard on that location displays a shortcut menu that allows the user to navigate in one tap to that location. Thus, various switch beaten against the ‘old’ interface.
Force Touch especially popular among Chinese smartphone manufacturers
It is striking that the great ” Western ‘smartphone manufacturers to date have not yet come to smartphones with a touchscreen Force. The flagship smartphones from Samsung, HTC, Sony and LG uses a regular touchscreen. Especially the Chinese smartphone manufacturers who – as so often – Apple follow very quickly and appliances are released with a touch screen. As Huawei came early to the market this year with Huawei Mate S Press Touch and manufacturer later this year will also release the Huawei P9 Plus equipped with a Force Touchscreen
Speculation:. Force touch the new Nexus smartphones?
this Google the latest Android version will feature support for Force Touchscreens, there may also indicate that the new Nexus smartphones, which probably will later this year will appear, will also feature a touch screen. This is as yet no evidence has surfaced, but Google generally does ensure that all new supports in a new Android version to be used by the latest Nexus smartphones.
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