Google is officially bringing Android Q at the company’s IO conference in May 2019. Before its official launch, Google posted the Android Q developer build to let developers ensure compatibility with their Apps. In a recent Android Q Beta Build 2, Google added new features such as multitasking, reworked gestures and audio zooming capabilities. According to the new Android Q documentation, the latest Android OS will natively support ‘deep press’ feature as like of 3D touch on iOS.
The same feature is already available on Android via third-party apps, but natively there was no presence. We have seen long press gestures on various third-party launchers, but now Google is moving a step further with the integration of ‘deep press’ in Android OS.
The new action is present under the “MotionEvent” documentation. It defines ‘deep press’: It represents the user intentionally pressing harder on the screen. This classification type should be used to accelerate the long press behaviour. In other words, it is a function allowing unique responses when users press down the display harder.
However, it is not clear whether ‘deep press’ requires any hardware changes or some software tweaks would do the magic. Though, we believe the new feature might need specialized hardware for better execution.
We hope to see ‘deep press’ integration on the upcoming Pixel 4 smartphone, expected to unveil in October 2019.
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