When you switch on the flashlight from your lock screen or remove an app from your home screen, you may notice a little vibration under your finger. That’s called haptic feedback, and you can now utilize that function on your keyboard to improve typing on the iPhone.
For a more immersive iPhone experience, haptic feedback offers a quiet alternative to the grating clacking noises you’re likely used to. If you like the function, you’ll be pleased to hear that haptic feedback integration has expanded to more iPhone features since iOS 16 was released.
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With iOS 16, you can now use the built-in keyboard on your iPhone to get haptic feedback. Every time you press a key, whether you’re writing an email or sending a text, you’ll get a small but pleasant vibration that gives the virtual keyboard a slightly more realistic feel.
However, for this to function on iOS 16, you will need to manually activate your keyboard’s haptic feedback option. What you should know is as follows.
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How to get your iPhone keyboard to provide haptic feedback
Make sure iOS 16 is installed on your iPhone before following these instructions. A list of compatible iPhone models and installation instructions should be reviewed.
To activate the haptic feedback on your keyboard:
1. Launch the Settings application.
2. Navigate to Haptics & Sounds.
3. Press the Keyboard Feedback button.
4. Use Haptic to toggle.
iOS 16’s haptic feedback keyboard setting
Turning this on will cause a little vibration to occur whenever you press a key.
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When haptic feedback is turned on, every time you press a key on your keyboard—whether it’s to hit space, insert a character, or delete something—you’ll feel a little pulse. Regardless of whether your phone is in quiet mode or not, haptic feedback will function.
Notably, Apple has included a warning on its haptic feedback support page that reads, “Turning on keyboard haptics might affect the battery life of your iPhone.”
There is no other information provided, such as the potential energy consumption of the function, but it seems to be a serious enough problem that Apple felt compelled to make a comment. If you’re concerned about power life, you may want to keep haptic feedback on the keyboard switched off, particularly because moving into Low Power Mode does not deactivate it.
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