Apple launched some new features in its latest update to iOS 12.1, including more emoji, FaceTime group calls, activation of the default eSIM chip, real-time depth control for new iPhones, and some important fixes that are not without any update. More you can follow this Link . In the upcoming iOS 12.1.1 update, Apple is launching many other features, on top of which is a new touch feature that some call Haptic Touch and see it as an alternative to 3D Touch or pressure sensor, a feature that is lacking in one of the latest Apple iPhone XR devices. How will Apple provide this feature? Will it replace XNUMXD compression? What are the other new features that will be provided by Apple in the next update?

What's new in upcoming iOS 12.1.1?


IPhone XR has a new Haptic Touch option that mimics 3D Touch

With the iPhone XR's lack of the 3D Touch feature, Apple has introduced alternative gestures to compensate for that feature, such as prolonged pressure accompanied by haptic reactions, such as long press on the spacebar on the keyboard to use the tracking signal easily and quickly. Or press and hold the Control Center shortcuts to display other options. And the rest of the things are normal, there is nothing new like the iPhone 6 or even the 5S.

But what is new is that Apple added an important update that makes prolonged pressure on notifications in the iPhone XR completely 3D Touch, as it displays more details about the notification instead of dragging it left and right to view less details.

There is no doubt that there are other features of the 3D Touch feature that cannot make their way to the iPhone XR, at least for the time being, unless Apple creates an alternative, such as strong pressure on icons to perform quick operations, because such pressures depend on distinguishing different levels of pressure . This cannot be done with a long touch.

There is also a huge difference between 3D Touch and what we might call Haptic Touch in terms of the time it takes the system to respond. As the three-dimensional touch, the system's response to it is immediate and unambiguous when it detects an increase in the force of the pressure, it is implemented immediately, while in the case of Haptic Touch or prolonged pressure, the system has to wait for some time to verify whether the user is applying a prolonged pressure or that it is Pauses between touch operations, for example to prepare for pulling up or down.

The strange thing is that the missing function in the XR was working on the iPad devices, and those devices supported the feature to expand notifications by prolonged pressure for years, while also lacking the 3D Touch feature. Why is Apple so late in providing such a feature all this time?

NB

If you own an iPhone 6 or earlier, you will not have the long press feature in any way except in the Control Center shortcuts only.


The Live Photos feature is back to FaceTime again

The option Live Photo or Live Image in FaceTime was present in the iOS 11 update, but Apple removed it when it launched iOS 12, and Apple did not mention reasons for this, and perhaps this was inconsistent with new features such as conference calling. Importantly, Apple put the Live Photos button back into FaceTime again, and it works exactly as it did before. The only thing that you have to keep in mind is that you and the other party must be on iOS 11 or iOS 12.1.1 in order for this feature to work for you. If you are on iOS 12 or iOS 12.1, this feature will not work for you. It also does not work in conference calls. It is only for one video call.


Rotating the camera and mute it also returns to FaceTime

The strange thing about iOS 12 and iOS 12.1 is the menu that appears on the screen during a FaceTime call. In iOS 11, it was your thumbnail and a menu at the bottom of the screen with the camera rotation button, the microphone button to mute or release the volume, and the Live Photo button. As for the iOS 12 update and the iOS 12.1 update, these buttons have disappeared and were placed within the three dots button (...).

Apple has brought back the old list in the next update. You can swipe up to see more options. And if Apple enabled those buttons to turn in landscape mode then that would definitely be a good thing.


Expanded VoLTE support

The fourth generation communication services, known as “VoLTE,” were launched recently in a number of countries around the world, and it is a technology that has a number of characteristics that facilitate the process of voice and video communication via mobile. VoLTE technology defines the speed of making Internet calls without interrupting the connection, in addition to high-definition calls, and enabling the user to make voice calls while surfing the Internet.

What do you think of these new features? And do you think Vibration will be a true alternative to 3D Touch, or is it purely marketing? Let us know in the comments.

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