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Vibrator feedback (tactile feedback) on your smartphone is one of the important features to know if your smartphone has received the correct input and to know that you have received an incoming call or notification. However, the reality is that many Android smartphones have inferior tactile feedback capabilities compared to Apple’s iPhone. That situation may change with the partnership between Qualcomm and Lofelt.
Android smartphone that could not compete with iPhone’s Taptic Engine
Apple’s iPhone has a built-in tactile feedback component called the Taptic Engine. This ensures that it is transmitted without disturbing the user and provides comfortable feedback.
In contrast, Android smartphones have different implementations of haptic feedback.
Some high-end smartphones are particular about tactile feedback, but the quality varies by manufacturer and model, and the reality is that the iPhone cannot compete.
Qualcomm’s SoC-equipped smartphone enables advanced and uniform tactile feedback
That situation could change with the partnership between Qualcomm and Lofelt.
The partnership between the two companies will provide smartphone makers with haptic feedback software that runs on Qualcomm’s system-on-chip (SoC) Snapdragon series.
It seems that this software does not require dedicated hardware such as Taptic Engine, and it can be expected to be applied to a wide range of Android smartphones.
Android smartphones equipped with SoCs from other manufacturers such as MediaTek will not be covered, but it seems to contribute to raising the tactile feedback function of the entire Android smartphone.
Source: 9to5Google
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