Taptic Chimes allow you to know when a new hour has started with sound and haptic motions on your Apple Watch. Here is how to enable and customize the feature. "When enabled, on the hour, you will ...

Some of Apple’s most iconic designs are button-based—iPod click-wheel, anyone?—so it’s no surprise that the possibility of the company switching button mechanisms on the next iPhone is trending.

The iPhone’s home button is getting a lot more interactive, and a lot less button-like. Apple announced at today’s keynote address in San Francisco that the iPhone 7 comes with a new home button that ...

Apple is dealing with a couple of potentially non-trivial issues this week with the just-released Apple Watch. Potentially the most serious one is with its so-called “taptic” engine, a haptic, or ...

Apple has been granted a patent for a shock-resistant haptic engine design that aims to significantly improve the durability of future iPhones, Apple Watches, and other devices. The iPhone 14 Pro's ...

The iPhone 15 Pro models may feature solid-state volume and power buttons, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The Taptic Engine in the ‌iPhone‌ 6S – the first ‌iPhone‌ model to feature the ...

A production snag in making the component that provides tactile feedback in the Apple Watch could impact its availability in coming weeks. Apple was having problems obtaining sufficient vibration ...

Apple has a new strategy to make its products more environmentally friendly. Moving forward, the company plans to source the rare earth metals needed to build the iPhone's Taptic Engine from recycled ...

It’s iPhone release day, and while people around the world wait impatiently by their windows for the delivery truck or in line at Apple Stores, the iPhone teardown cottage industry has been ripping ...

A report on Wednesday claims Apple discovered a serious flaw in certain vibrator mechanisms that power Apple Watch's Taptic Engine, prompting completed units to be scrapped just prior to launch.