The human interface with smartphones is likely to face a drastic change through the recent revelation from Synaptics. The company has planned to introduce a force-sensing touchscreen controller in Android smartphones that would be launched in 2016. 3D Touch has made an appearance in Apple and Huawei, and it appears other manufacturers are keen to accept it as well.
What is Synaptics 3D Touch all about?
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This touchscreen controller aims to use the ClearForce technology, which is based on the sensation of finger force applied by a smartphone user. This technology not only allows scrolling at variable speed, but also gives users newer ways to zoom or edit pictures and use contextual menu items. Basically, your smartphone display panel will become more sensitive to pressure in order to provide enhanced human interface solutions.
Synaptics ClearForce Solutions
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Synaptics has come up with a series of solutions related to discrete touch controller. Its solutions can highly improve device functionality. Once OEMs adopt these force sensing solutions, they will be able to develop innovative gadgets to deliver great user experience. As mentioned below, there are three different series of solutions offered by Synaptics.
- Synaptics 3700 Series – It is developed for smartphones to support fresh technologies, such as SideTouch and ClearForce. While SideTouch exists for edge gesturing, ClearForce is for sensing variable force. These technologies can support several advanced options in smartphones, including memory enhancement and performance boosting. These can also support active or passive stylus capabilities.
- Synaptics 3600 Series – It focuses on silicone architecture in mainstream phones and helps in boosting their touch performance. It can also support features like gloved touch, multiple gesture recognition, and two-finger tracking. To avoid proximity sensors, the series includes FaceDetect Plus technology.
- Synaptics 7800 Series – The solutions in this series are apt for large touchscreens of tablets or notebooks. These not only target to improve the processing power significantly, but also to enhance the user experience through high-level glove and moisture performance. It additionally offers 1 mm passive pen support.
3D Touch is what the long press should have been all along
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You may have used the long press feature for varied functions on your smartphones and tablets. However, this feature still does not offer as many possibilities as 3D Touch does. In fact, long press should have always worked like 3D Touch. ClearForce technology has made way for endless future possibilities, including the manner in which you use mobile apps or handle gaming on your phone. While long press is single-layered, 3D Touch can be understood as a multilayered technology that offers lower response time.
Mobile user interaction can change its face dramatically once 3D Touch makes advancement by the coming year. Variable force as an input can give the user fresh experiences with their device features.
