Will 3D Touch ever catch on?

[lsutigerfan1976]

I find the 3D Touch very useful. More and more developers are updating their apps to take advantage of 3D Touch. I do agree the hardest thing is remembering that you have that option. But once you get used to it. It's hard not to use the feature in each app.

As far as Siri goes. I would say it is very similar. It takes actually trying Siri out and just asking it stuff. The more you ask it. The more you start realizing what it can and can't do. And at that point, you get used to using it on a daily basis also.

 

[Analog Kid]

I've tried using it so many times. It just doesn't work as advertised. When it does actually understand what you're saying, it's slower and more cumbersome than just completing the task manually.

And you have to talk out loud to her, and don't know what she'll be able to handle and what she can't. Half the time she responds with text anyway, so what's the point?

I've also had enough bad experiences in the past with Siri just deciding to call people that she finds buried in my contacts and she doesn't respond to panicked "No! No! No! Sh*t! Don't!" inputs.

On the watch it's fine because there's no viable alternative interface on the small device, and I find I use it most in the car when I'm alone for some narrow tasks: play music, get directions, enter OmniFocus actions.

 

[lancastor]

For me 3D-Touch is very confusing and absolut unnatural. I never using it.

And I'm very dissapointed that the iPhone got many extra gramms for a feature I never use.

 

[caelius]

And I'm very dissapointed that the iPhone got many extra gramms for a feature I never use.

You should consider buying an SE or 6 then...

 

[T'hain Esh Kelch]

I've tried using it so many times. It just doesn't work as advertised. When it does actually understand what you're saying, it's slower and more cumbersome than just completing the task manually.

Each to his own. Siri is a major time saver for me, and I am not even a native english speaker.

 

[Bathplug]

I'd use the 3d touch left edge to access multitasking more but it barely works and have to press too hard evening after setting 3d touch to light. So double pressing the home button is easier.

 

[boltjames]

Siri is very useful in the car.

It's indespensible in the car, it's amazingly accurate and I use it constantly.

Also great in hotel rooms. I can be shaving in the bathroom with my iPhone on the bedroom nightstand and ask "hey Siri" for the time, the weather, my calendar, sports scores, send a text, play a song, etc

BJ

 

[Nik73]

Personally I used Siri a lot on my 6, but since getting a 7 and being able to use hands free "hey Siri" I use it ALL the time. Don't know whether it's iOS 10 or the 7, but find it WAY more accurate as well. It's picked up everything first time, even with some pauses or ermmms.
I liked the sound of 3D Touch, but getting a watch as well has meant I've hardly used it.

 

[CrackerJackToy]

I love the fingerprint sensor. That was a substantial change and extremely useful. I hate having to enter my password.

3D touch is not a feature for me. I rarely even think about it. I have never once used it during a real-life scenario where I thought it would be faster. Maybe its habit forming.

Siri is a different story. I rarely use Siri, but when I do, its for something it can do faster than I can. For example, 'Siri, set a timer for the next 20 minutes'. She can do it 3-4x faster than I can. Or if I want to know a sports score or temperature in another city- all very useful and Siri can do it much quicker. But I still don't use it but maybe once or twice a month.

 

[mirz2000]

I love the fingerprint sensor. That was a substantial change and extremely useful. I hate having to enter my password.

3D touch is not a feature for me. I rarely even think about it. I have never once used it during a real-life scenario where I thought it would be faster. Maybe its habit forming.

Siri is a different story. I rarely use Siri, but when I do, its for something it can do faster than I can. For example, 'Siri, set a timer for the next 20 minutes'. She can do it 3-4x faster than I can. Or if I want to know a sports score or temperature in another city- all very useful and Siri can do it much quicker. But I still don't use it but maybe once or twice a month.

Same. I almost exclusively use Siri for setting timers and alarms. That's it.

 

[Cryates]

In order of usefulness...it's Touch ID > 3D Touch > Siri

Touch ID has always been useful for the obvious reason, that being security. 3D Touch while not incredibly useful before now, is very useful after being expanded with iOS 10. I would be willing to bet I use 3D Touch 5x as much as I previously did. Siri has always been borderline useless to me. It's good while I'm busy and need a reminder set, or an alarm changed but most of the time I just do the tasks myself manually that would otherwise be delegated to Siri.

 

[M. Gustave]

...how many of you can honestly say that siri has changed your phone user experience? i would say not too many.

And you'd be completely wrong. Yet another macrumors case of "I don't use feature xyz, so no one else does either."

There's a whole world outside your mind, bub.

 

[andcool69]

I have the 7plus now and came from the 6 plus. I didn't use Siri that much, Touch ID to unlock and for passwords, and obviously no 3D Touch. Already with the 7 I have used all 3 daily and while doing normal tasks. Granted it is really early but the way everything is now I think I will be using all 3 much more often

 

[boltjames]

how many of you can honestly say that siri has changed your phone user experience?

Siri is an iPhone Top 10 all-time feature, it's that useful.

Clearly, you aren't a daily automotive commuter. If you were one of the 100's of millions of people who drive to/from work every day, you'd fully understand Siri's value. Without touching the phone you can compose a text, read a text, reply to a text, check sports scores, check weather, send emails, get calendar summaries, create events, create reminders, start navigation, change navigation, get traffic updates, launch apps, jump songs, change playlists, get Wikipedia read to you, it's endless. All with your hands on the wheel and your eyes on the road.

And unlike 3D Touch which merely provides a layer of situational shortcuts, Siri is a completely different UI, a completely different way to interact with your iPhone in your car.

BJ

 

[Newtons Apple]

I never use 3D Touch but Siri is a well love featur for me.

 

[Apple2zcore]

This is my first iphone with 3D touch and it works but it seems that when i bring down the menu to answer a text, I prefer to tap it and goto the message app but now sometimes it works but most times it forces me to use 3D touch as if it gets stuck. I am guessing it's an ios10 bug

I have noticed the same thing. I am hoping it is a bug and not how things work now.

 

[JoeyD74]

I don't use Siri but the 3D Touch is very useful, it just speeds up the daily use of the phone. The finger print is nice but my hands are very rough so it doesn't work most of the time.

 

[BrettDS]

I think 3D Touch is in kind of a difficult place right now. Because there are still a lot of older phones (and all iPads) out there that don't support it then it can't be used for exclusive features even in cases where that might make a lot of sense... it's pretty much just relegated to shortcuts for commonly used features right now and a lot of times since people are in the habit of using the non 3D Touch method they will continue to do so.

Additionally, for those of us who got a 6S on launch day there was very little that 3D Touch could actually do when we got the phones, since none of the third party developers knew it was coming and it took time for apps to be updated. So we had a day or two of playing with it in a few places and then mostly forgot about it for a while. even as apps slowly got updated to support it there wasn't much of a compelling reason to start using it.

I think now, a year later, there are times where it comes in useful and I use it occasionally for some tasks here and there, but I think that this is one thing that's probably going to be much more useful in another 2 or 3 years. Once the majority of phones (and hopefully iPads) support it and as devs continue to find new and useful places to use it then I think it will become second nature and very useful.

I don't think there was really any way to avoid the slow start though. It takes time for devs to start developing for it and for people to get phones that support it. Apple had to start getting phones out there with the technology long before it would come into its place.

 

[Cyberguycpt]

The problem with 3D touch is that it's hard knowing which apps support it. A good thing to do is that Apple should have a little 3D symbol on the corner of the apps that use it as a reminder.

 

[Nozuka]

yes, a visual cue where 3D touch is usable would be very helpful.

i like 3D touch alot, but it will take some time until developers use it and apple finds more useful things to do with it. it doesn't help, that the SE doesn't support it and no IPAD has it.

my favorite use: 3d touching the keyboard, to move the text cursor and change/delete something. it's much easier to target the correct text position this way.

but i've only had it for 2 days now. will force myself to keep using it until it's natural to me.
had some troubles moving icons on the homescreen at first, but now i got used to how hard i have to press.

 

[bufffilm]

I have Siri off. Too many miscues and such...not worth the bother.

Is it better in ios10?...don't know and won't know until JB for ios10 gets released.

Fingerprint scan is pretty close to bulletproof for me.

I really haven't tested with dirty hands, etc though (since I keep my hands clean when I handle my phone) and the best thing for people to do when setting it up the first time is to position their fingers 45°-90° from vertical.

Had to erase and start from scratch because first-time, I had done from vertical. Makes a world of difference!

3D Touch I hope has been extended in ios10. Only 3D Touch feature I use is the cursor position.

So in the end, it's:

Fingerprint scan -- 3D Touch -- Siri

 

[Jimmy James]

I use Siri a lot while I'm driving. Voice dial (could already do that), send and read text messages. Create calendar appointments. My wife used Siri to write a paper that she realized was due while she was out of town and without her computer. It's only going to become more useful going forward. I'm on a 6 so no comment on 3D Touch.

 

[BigDO]

3D touch is getting more useful by the day.
Siri is as useful as an a$@hole on my elbow. I actually laughed when they tried to make a big deal out of including it in MacOS, as if anyone would care.

 

[Loco Emperor]

I remember when I used 3d touch the first few weeks. I could barely get it to work right and now it's a feature i.can't live without. Just wishes more apps fully supported it

 

[BeeGood]

I use all three but by far the fingerprint sensor is the most important to me. Being able to get in and it of my phone (and apps) just by touching the screen is awesome.
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I've tried using it so many times. It just doesn't work as advertised. When it does actually understand what you're saying, it's slower and more cumbersome than just completing the task manually.

Siri is great for setting reminders and creating alarms and starting my podcasts. Those are the main things I use it for and it does those things really well.