Samsung patent promises real-button feel on your Galaxy’s touchscreen!

Samsung is reportedly working on a new way to make your smartphone feel more interactive and responsive. A recent patent shows that Samsung is developing a system to improve haptic feedback.

The haptic feedback is the vibrations you feel when you touch your phone’s screen. The new patent, spotted by MSPowerUser, reveals a new technology that could make using your phone more immersive with improved haptic feedback, especially in everyday tasks and mobile gaming.

This new patent shows the plan to add multiple small vibration motors around the edges of the phone. These motors would work together with sensors that detect where and how hard you touch the screen.

When you touch the screen, the phone can send feedback directly to the area where your finger is. It gives you the sensation of pressing a real button, even on a phone with a large, smooth touchscreen.

This improved haptic feedback could make the smartphone feel more interactive and responsive. In everyday use, it could offer more accurate feedback when toggling settings, such as adjusting Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. It could also enhance the mobile gaming experience by providing rumble effects when firing a weapon.

Samsung has experimented with similar technology before. For example, the Galaxy S8 had a pressure-sensitive home button under the screen that allowed users to press firmly to go home, even when the phone was asleep.

Now, with this new patent, Samsung could take haptic feedback to the next level to offer a more detailed and responsive touch experience.

If Samsung brings this technology, it could set a new standard for haptic feedback on mobile devices by providing more r realistic and enjoyable interaction.