One of the updates to iOS 16 that is a little below the radar is the ability to use haptic feedback with the native keyboard. Here’s how to turn on the iPhone’s haptic keyboard and why it’s preferable to third-party keyboards.
While we’ve seen third-party keyboards like Google’s Gboard offer haptic feedback for a while, many people prefer to stick with their native iOS keyboard. One of the main reasons is privacy, as third-party keyboards often require access to keep track of all keyboard entries.
Fortunately, Apple has delivered a haptic keyboard for iPhone with iOS 16, but it is turned off by default.
IPhone haptic keypad: active in iOS 16
iOS 16 is currently available as a beta for developers. The free public beta of iOS 16 will arrive in July. Learn more about installing iOS 16 in our full guide.
- If you have iOS 16 on your iPhone, open the Settings app
- Tap Sounds and haptics
- Near the bottom, select Keyboard Comments
- Tap the switch next to Haptic to start using the iPhone’s haptic keyboard
Here’s how to activate the haptic keyboard in iOS 16:
After turning on the haptic keyboard, you can also turn off the sound effect for keyboard comments. As you’d expect, unlike sound keyboard feedback, haptic keyboard feedback works when your iPhone is set to ring or mute.
You may notice more switches for “Haptics” at the bottom of the main Sounds & Haptics settings page for “Play Haptics in Ring Mode,” “Play Haptics in Silent Mode,” and more. But these will not turn off or turn on the iPhone keyboard settings you just turned on.
Learn more about iOS 16:
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