Why can't I use the I phone 6 keyboard as a track-pad?
I cant seem to use the I phone 6 keyboard as a track-pad.
Please check this article, it should help but only on a 6s, not a 6....
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Because it does´t have force 3D touch ?!
I must admit that after some hours, I think this is one of the best features on iPhone 6S(+) but I can´t imagine how to solve it without 3D touch.
The above mentioned feature works on an I pad 2 that I installed IOS 9 on, so 3D touch is not a factor here.
I hope apple isn't doing things like this to make more people upgrade their phones.
I hope so too but more likely, as new phones are added to the line, new features will always come with them. iPhones and iPads use different chips and are able to do different things - the iOS may be called the same (9.0.1 now) but the actual install on an iPhone is different that what gets installed on an iPad, for instance no Apple Watch App gets installed on an iPad for obvious reasons, it does not work with iPads.
Hope this helps... 🙂
I Agree with what you said, however the processor on the I phone 6 should be able to handle everything that was done on the ipad 2 and more.
I agree on the processor but iPads can do different things than iPhones and vice versa, this has always been the case. At any rate, your original question was: I cant seem to use the I phone 6 keyboard as a track-pad. and the answer is because the iPhone 6 does not have that capability. If you wish you can leave feedback to Apple here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/ They do read ALL messages...
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Thank you very much for your responses, yes my initial query was whether the i phone 6 keyboard was able to be used as a keypad and now I know that it isn't. However I disagree with your statement "and the answer is because the iPhone 6 does not have that capability" I'm sure that its a software tweak that apple needs to implement in the the later updates of IOS 9.
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Since 3D Touch is a hardware change in additional to any software, no, probably not.
The NEXT keyboard allows you to do this. Here is a link for a review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s61ZpeMZJn4, This shows that apple can do it, however they choose not to.
Why can't I use the I phone 6 keyboard as a track-pad?