The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a new patent to Apple for its next-gen taptic engine. The patent focuses on enhancing the component’s resistance to both physical damage and stress.

iOS 18 introduced an accessibility feature called Music Haptics that has value for everyone. When the feature is turned on, the iPhone's Taptic Engine taps and vibrates to match the audio of a song ...

Apple-owned Shazam has released an updated version of the app that supports the new Music Haptics feature in iOS 18. With the feature turned on, the iPhone's Taptic Engine will tap and vibrate to ...

A shop in Shenzhen successfully modified the globally eSIM-only iPhone Air to add a physical SIM slot by replacing its Taptic Engine with a smaller vibration motor. The modded phone still supports ...

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