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Apple v iOS 16 introduced many novelties, some of which are larger, others smaller, and even if not relatively fundamental, it is surprising that they are coming only now. There is also inspiration from the system Android, when the function they have was added Android phones have basically always been: haptic feedback for a native keyboard. This function adds a gentle vibration to each keystroke, informing the user that it has been pressed correctly. But why did it take Apple so long to add such a trivial feature? 

It simply turns out that the company was concerned about battery life. In the company's new support document Apple, noticed by the server 9to5Mac, it is explained how you can in the system iOS 16 turn on haptic feedback on the iPhone keyboard. More interesting than that, however, is the caveat attached to it: "Turning on haptic keyboard feedback can affect iPhone battery life." Since haptic feedback involves the operation of certain hardware inside the phone that is responsible for creating the sensation of pressing a key, this makes some sense - the more the phone has to work, the more power it uses.

However, turning off vibration to save battery is not in the system either Android nothing unusual. For Google Pixels, for example, in battery saving mode, all vibrations are turned off except for the fingerprint reader. This also suggests that depending on how much you type and how many notifications you receive, the vibration motor can be a big battery eater, which could explain why Apple so long he hesitated to add the feature. After all, they allowed the ice even with regard to Always On, which they have Androidy a number of years, but Apple only added it to the current iPhone 14 Pro, which could mean this year's Pro Apple "revolutionary" when he stops caring about the battery that he once cared so much about.

Interestingly, the keyboard's haptic response doesn't automatically turn off when the iPhone's low power mode is turned on. So be yourself Apple he values ​​a consistent typing experience on his keyboard more than the device's battery life, or it doesn't affect it that much after all, or he just forgot about it. But considering that Apple is the kind of company that cares about a seamless user experience, it's still surprising that it hasn't added such an obvious touch control improvement to the phone sooner.

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