If you want to try it, go to the Sounds, and Haptics settings, and there’s a switch to turn on haptic feedback, and a fake click sound, which I am not a fan of.
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Clicky keyboard, setting in iOS 16
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thefarside
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: IBM 4704 F107
- Main mouse: Old, boring Logitech
- Favorite switch: Buckling spring
I learned the new iOS 16 has a setting to enable haptic feedback for key presses, simulating a clicky keyboard. As a fan of clickies, I turned it on. I thought it was pretty neat so I thought I would share.
If you want to try it, go to the Sounds, and Haptics settings, and there’s a switch to turn on haptic feedback, and a fake click sound, which I am not a fan of.
If you want to try it, go to the Sounds, and Haptics settings, and there’s a switch to turn on haptic feedback, and a fake click sound, which I am not a fan of.
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Julle
- Location: Finland
- Main keyboard: Wooting Two HE
- Main mouse: CST L-trac
- Favorite switch: Lekker Hall effect
- DT Pro Member: -
Wait, are you saying this didn't exist in iOS before version 16? I have no brand or OS loyalty when it comes to phones, I'm just a little surprised if this is the case.
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thefarside
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: IBM 4704 F107
- Main mouse: Old, boring Logitech
- Favorite switch: Buckling spring
Yes my understanding is prior iOS versions never had this feature, which is crazy because a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away I had a Samsung Galaxy S4 and it did the same thing, but better late than never
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goodwill_pillager
- Location: Georgia
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M 1990
- Main mouse: Amazon Special
You guys don't plug your iphone into 30 year old IBM keyboards through 5 feet of adapters? Yeah uhhhh neither do I........ 
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thefarside
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: IBM 4704 F107
- Main mouse: Old, boring Logitech
- Favorite switch: Buckling spring
I definitely did that when I had an iPad with a USB C connection!goodwill_pillager wrote: ↑12 Oct 2022, 06:52You guys don't plug your iphone into 30 year old IBM keyboards through 5 feet of adapters? Yeah uhhhh neither do I........
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Muirium
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- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
USB C? How newfangled. 
iPad and Bluetooth HHKB meanwhile: heaven. An iPad Pro and Hasu HHKB was my main computer in 2018.
It took a Soarer and Lightning dongle back then. My OG iPad was already getting on a bit though, so didn’t do it much.
iPad and Bluetooth HHKB meanwhile: heaven. An iPad Pro and Hasu HHKB was my main computer in 2018.
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Findecanor
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- DT Pro Member: 0011
I'm also a bit perplexed. I know I have tried a haptic touch-screen keyboard before, and Apple used to be pioneering haptics in phones... but I don't remember what device it was I have used. I only remember that it felt a bit ineffective as the feedback often was delayed to after I had already lifted my finger from the "key".
Or, is haptic keyboard an old feature but which has been updated to be more effectful?
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Muirium
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- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
They’ve had pretty fine tuned haptics since introducing the Taptic Engine some years back. Came to the original Apple Watch first I think then the phone. This OS is the first time it’s been available for keyboard clicks though. It was previously used for the ‘hold the space bar to move the text cursor’ control and felt exactly the same.
What took so long? Pride or patents I’d guess.
What took so long? Pride or patents I’d guess.