“Google is delaying its support for the Android version of the pressure-sensitive touch feature known as 3D Touch on the iPhone,” Ina Fried reports for Recode.
“Sources confirm that the feature will not be part of the initial Android N release and will have to wait for a later release of the operating system,” Fried reports. “”
MacDailyNews Take: Android. Perpetually behind™.
“There are already a handful of Android phones, including Huawei’s Mate S and ZTE’s Axon Mini, that have the pressure-sensitive screens needed for such a feature,” Fried reports. “However, without operating-level support, phone makers have the unenviable task of getting developers to write support for each of the phones individually.”
MacDailyNews Take: Bwahahahahaha!
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MacDailyNews Take: It’s 64-bits all over again.
Apple leads. All others follow – poorly and at a great distance.
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