Future Taptic Engine may extrude part of an iPhone case for a tactile notification

By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple’s Taptic Engine could see big changes in the future, by contextually providing users with physical feedback only in specific places on an iPhone or Apple Watch, or deforming the case of the device to give the user a touchable alert.Apple’s Taptic EngineHaptic feedback is a common part of smartphone use, with the use of motors vibrating the mobile device to almost silently alert the user to events, either separately or in concert with an audible notification. Though usually limited to notifications, haptic feedback is also employed in other confirmation-based ways, such as telling users they have pressed a key on a software keyboard or a button with …

Source:: Apple Insider