Over the past decade, cellular phones have evolved from delivering aggressively buzzy vibrating alerts to more nuanced "haptic feedback" -- digitally created forces that respond to touch. While there ...

A major Apple supplier making parts for the iPhone 15’s solid-state buttons said touch-sensative volume and mute buttons are no longer coming to market. Reading time 2 minutes Big ol’ buttons are back ...

Some of Apple’s most iconic designs are button-based—iPod click-wheel, anyone?—so it’s no surprise that the possibility of the company switching button mechanisms on the next iPhone is trending.

Taction Technology, which developed an enhanced haptic feedback system that later made its way into consumer headphones, is suing Apple for allegedly infringing on two owned patents with its Taptic ...

The iPhone 15 Pro models may feature solid-state volume and power buttons, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The Taptic Engine in the iPhone 6S – the first iPhone model to feature the component ...

Apple's branding of its haptic feedback first implemented in the Apple Watch, which taps the user on the wrist. The Taptic Engine functions migrated to other Apple products including the iPhone 7, ...

Apple's 2019 iPhone refresh will feature a new Taptic Engine, a report claims, with the updated version potentially geared towards furthering Haptic Touch, a reworking of 3D Touch that is expected to ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a new patent to Apple for its next-gen taptic engine. The patent focuses on enhancing the component’s resistance to both physical damage and stress.

Apple this week published environmental reports for the new iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max, revealing that the Taptic Engine in all three devices is made of 100 percent recycled rare ...

For the moment, the company will source the recycled materials from an outside supplier. However, Apple says it's also working on a way to use robots like the ones it already employes to recycle ...

Apple Watch production has been hampered by defective components from a supplier, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Taptic engines produced by one supplier, AAC Technologies, in Shenzhen, ...

In a recent announcement, the United States Trademark and Patent Office (USPTO) unveiled Apple’s latest design patent, pointing towards tactile feedback technology. Apple has made a significant leap ...