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How to alteration the haptic keyboard connected your iPhone

The haptic keyboard provides a flimsy vibration erstwhile you pat a cardinal connected the iPhone keyboard. Learn however to alteration it here.

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By default, your iPhone keyboard emits a clicking dependable erstwhile you pat a cardinal connected the keyboard, truthful you tin perceive a cardinal press. But, you mightiness privation much sensory feedback indicating that you’ve pressed a key. With iOS 16, you tin alteration a haptic keyboard that gives disconnected a flimsy vibration erstwhile you pat a key.

You tin usage the haptic keyboard with oregon without the clicking dependable that occurs erstwhile you pat a key. Plus, the haptic keyboard adjacent works if your telephone is successful Silent mode. Here’s however to alteration it and however it works.

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To get started, marque definite you’ve updated your telephone to iOS 16 oregon higher. Go to Settings, prime General and past pat the enactment for Software Update. You’ll beryllium told that iOS is up to day oregon prompted to download and instal the latest update.

Enabling Vibration mode and Haptic and Sound keyboard features

To alteration the haptic keyboard connected an iPhone, marque definite that Vibration mode is turned on. Go to Settings, prime Accessibility and past prime Touch. Turn connected the power for Vibration if it’s not already connected (Figure A).

Figure A

Access the Vibration diagnostic for iPhone successful the Touch Accessibility settings menu.

To trial it out, unfastened an app that triggers the keyboard, specified arsenic Notes, Reminder, Messages oregon Mail. Start tapping the keys connected the keyboard to acquisition it with conscionable the clicking dependable turned connected (Figure B).

Figure B

Test the Vibrations diagnostic successful immoderate app that uses the keyboard.

You tin besides acceptable up your iPhone to usage the haptics keyboard successful Ring mode versus Silent mode. To bash this, spell to Settings, and prime Sounds & Haptics. Tap the mounting for Keyboard Feedback. Turn connected the power for Haptic. Go backmost to the Sounds & Haptics screen, and marque definite the switches are enabled for Play Haptics successful Ring Mode and Play Haptics successful Silent mode (Figure C).

Figure C

Access the Sound and Haptic features successful the Sounds & Haptics Keyboard Features settings.

Return to the keyboard-based app you were utilizing and proceed tapping keys. Experience however tapping feels utilizing the haptic keyboard to spot if you similar it enabled oregon disabled. You tin power backmost and distant with it connected and disconnected to get a amended consciousness of it (Figure D).

Figure D

Test retired the caller Haptic and Sound features successful an app that uses the keyboard.

You tin besides effort typing with the Sound turned off. Return to the Keyboard Feedback surface nether Sounds & Haptics and crook disconnected the power for Sound. Try antithetic combinations of Sound and Haptic enabled and disabled to justice which mounting works champion for you (Figure E).

Figure E

Test the Haptic diagnostic with the dependable turned off.

Apple cautions that turning connected keyboard haptics mightiness impact the artillery beingness of your iPhone. Without much details, it’s hard to cognize if this is overmuch of an issue. But, you whitethorn privation to support haptics turned disconnected for a emblematic time and past turned connected for different emblematic time to gauge immoderate imaginable interaction to your phone’s artillery life.

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