5 3D Touch that will make your life easier

If You are the proud owner of the iPhone 6s or newer (excluding iPhone SE), but still don’t use 3D Touch in this article we will tell you about five features of this technology that will greatly simplify your life.

Switching between apps

Users of iPhones used to navigate between open apps using double tap Home button. 3D Touch allows you to replace double tap faster system swipe. Click on the left edge of the display and swipe. You will see the selection active.

Go to the last used app even easier. To do this, with a small tap, swipe from left to right.

Work with notifications

Most of us start the day with checking notifications on your smartphone. 3D Touch is able to significantly facilitate the work with notifications. If the application is compatible with the 3D Touch, when you tap the notification You will see a miniature version of the interface program. Otherwise You will see a pop-up window that duplicates the text of the notification.

In order to completely clear the notification, click the cross, which is on top of the alerts.

Mode trackpad

To write long texts and highlight the part written on an iPhone is not very convenient. In addition, it is necessary to disengage the fingers from the keyboard, and for the correct allocation of area sometimes you have to show the skills of a jeweler. 3D Touch is able to solve this problem.

If You hold your finger in the area of keyboard, the key will turn grey and You’ll get the ability to move the cursor, not a finger on the text. Excessive pressure will lead directly to the selection. In order to change the selection area, release the pressure on the screen and repeatedly use excessive pressure.

Applications

Some apps offer many different additional functions related to 3D Touch. Those that do not offer such functions, respond to excessive pressure by the appearance of the Share button to instantly send links to the program. The use of 3D Touch icon Trello, for example, the widget displays the application.

All the features of the apps that appear with the 3D Touch, to list difficult — just check you have installed on your “iPhone” application, a strong push.

Of preinstalled apps that Apple offers us, not to mention a regulator of intensity of the flashlight and the choice of preset timer at the Central control panel iPhone.

The use of 3D Touch by clicking on the folder reduces the number of taps: drop-down menu will offer a quick way to rename a folder, or opening the application in which you received the notification.

3D Touch is not only speeds up work with the iPhone, but it also introduces new features that previously in iOS does not have a place. So, due to the strong pressing on the downloadable app You can not only pause or cancel the download, but ask her priority at simultaneous downloading of several programs.

Working with links

3D Touch simplifies work inside the Safari browser. At strong pressing on a hyperlink opens a mini-version of the page to preview. The same thing happens when you apply a 3D Touch to the image.

Preview page opens, not only with strong pressing the hyperlink with the 3D Touch You can also see in the miniatures of the contents of the bookmarks, favorites or links of recently viewed sites.

And how do You apply 3D Touch? Share with us in the comments!