You can use force touch to change the color of emojis

[Rogifan]

I wonder what else Force Touch does that we don't know about yet?

http://www.apple.com/watch/christy-turlington-burns/

It’s still spring break, so this week we traveled to California to visit with friends and family. I was born and raised there, so it always feels like I’m coming home. And I love bringing my kids. My husband and our son took a detour for a few days before meeting up with us. While we were apart, my daughter and I were sending animated emoji to the boys. The faces are the best because they’re so expressive. If you press the screen, you can change the color.

 

[macslayer118]

My question about this is did they really give her and her husband an Apple Watch? Or is this just marketing?

 

[malone18]

My question about this is did they really give her and her husband an Apple Watch? Or is this just marketing?

My guess is that both of those are accurate.

 

[jafingi]

My question about this is did they really give her and her husband an Apple Watch? Or is this just marketing?

Yes, they did give her and her husband an Apple Watch, and yes, it's 100% marketing. Do you think Apple is just nice, and gives her the Watch?

Also, many journalists have gotten a Watch for review, and that's marketing too

 

[DreamPod]

For third-party apps, force-touch can bring up a menu overlay with up to four buttons. Apple's apps of course can do anything with force-touch.

 

[Rogifan]

For third-party apps, force-touch can bring up a menu overlay with up to four buttons. Apple's apps of course can do anything with force-touch.

I wonder if that will eventually be opened up more to developers?

 

[BvizioN]

What is the difference between force touch and long press? (the one you normally do for copy & paste)

 

[jafingi]

I wonder if that will eventually be opened up more to developers?

Probably. It's already open to developers on OS X, so I don't see a reason for not giving developers access to it on the Watch. But it will probably come with a new SDK at WWDC allowing for native apps. Because right now, developers have access to only a minimal set of API's like buttons, tables, switches etc.

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What is the difference between force touch and long press? (the one you normally do for copy & paste)

With Force Touch you can quickly tap the display hard (just like when you tap normally, just harder), and it will bring op a context menu/second feature.

The technology can "feel" how hard you press on the screen, so in the future it could be used for much more exciting stuff.

 

[DreamPod]

Apple said they are releasing a native dev kit later this year, that should let developers do almost anything Apple's own apps do, including react to Force Touch however they want.

 

[dilap]

Apple said they are releasing a native dev kit later this year, that should let developers do almost anything Apple's own apps do, including react to Force Touch however they want.

Probably detail it at WWDC.

 

[Julien]

My question about this is did they really give her and her husband an Apple Watch? Or is this just marketing?

Looks like Apple is also supplies her with a photographer. I bet Apple is even making a nice contribution to her charity. Probably paying her too.