With just two to three physical buttons on your smartphone, touch is the primary method of interacting with the display. But what if you are not satisfied with the touch feedback? Maybe you are observing lag or want it to slow down. In this article, we will show you how to change the touch screen sensitivity on iPhone and Android devices.
Your smartphone has many settings to adjust the sensitivity of the touch screen. On the Android side, you can change the tap and hold delay as well as the pointer speed and enable the screensaver. On iPhone, you can adjust tap-and-hold delay, as well as an additional accessibility setting called Touch throttling. We will explore all of this in the following sections.
3 ways to adjust touch sensitivity on Android
Here are three ways to reduce or increase touch sensitivity on your Android device. Let’s start with changing the tap and hold delay.
1. Change the delay of touch and hold
Many sections of the user interface offer additional options when you long-press them. However, if you feel that you have to hold down for a while until options appear, or if you feel they appear too quickly – you can change how long you need to touch and hold.
We’re using a OnePlus device to illustrate the process, but the steps will remain the same for other devices.
Step 1: Open the Settings app.
Step 2: Tap Additional Settings.
Step 3 Tap Accessibility.
Step 4: Go to the Interaction tab and select ‘Touch and hold delay’.
Step 5: Select the relevant option. Short is the lowest touch-and-hold delay, while medium and long increase tap-and-hold latency by several levels.
2. Change touch sensitivity with Screen Saver
Most of us have a screen protector on our devices. However, if you use a screen that is too thick, it may reduce the sensitivity of the touch screen. Very few Android devices, such as the Google Pixel, have the option to adjust and calibrate the sensitivity of the touch screen when using a screen protector. Here’s how to enable that option.
Step 1: Open the Settings app.
Step 2: Tap Display.
Step 3: Turn on the Screen Saver Mode switch.
3. Change cursor speed on Android
Changing the pointer speed will increase or decrease the touch screen sensitivity on your Android device. Pointer speed determines how fast you can move on the touch screen with your finger. If you increase the pointer speed, you can cover a larger distance on the touch screen with the same motion and vice versa.
Step 1: Open the Settings app.
Step 2: Tap Additional Settings.
Step 3: Tap ‘Keyboard & input method’.
Step 4: Adjust the pointer speed according to your requirement.
2 ways to adjust your iPhone’s touch sensitivity
Now we will see how to change the touch screen sensitivity on your iPhone. Let’s start with adjusting the haptic touch lag on your iPhone.
Change Haptic Touch sensitivity on iPhone
You can launch actions, menus, and content previews on your iPhone screen by long-pressing icons or buttons. This is called Haptic Touch. The iPhone has two sensitivity modes for it – Fast and Slow. This determines how quickly the touch is completed and the result – an action, menu or preview shown to you.
Step 1: Open the Settings app and select Accessibility.
Step 2: Select Touch, then Haptic Touch.
Step 3: Choose between Fast and Slow tactile sensitivity.
Press and hold the image thumbnail in the Touch Duration Test to test the difference in sensitivity between two certain modes.
2. Use Touch Widgets on iPhone
The iPhone is a device that includes many accessibility settings. Touch throttling, a feature set up on your iPhone, helps people who have difficulty with their mobility use the touch screen without any problems. Here’s how to enable it on your iPhone.
Step 1: Open Settings and go to Accessibility.
Step 2: Tap Tap, then Tap Accommodation.
Step 3: Turn on the switch for Touch throttling.
Here are all the options in the Touch Widgets section and how you can use them.
- Hold duration: You can adjust the length of tap and hold with this switch. You can increase the length of time it takes to register your touch.
- Ignore Repeats: You can register multiple involuntary taps as a single tap on your iPhone by using the Ignore Repeats toggle in Touch Widgets. Furthermore, you can also set the time by which multiple taps are considered as one tap.
- Swipe gestures: If the Hold Duration option is on, you can make sure it doesn’t affect swipe gestures. In addition, you can also adjust the distance your finger needs to travel to register a swipe on the touch screen.
- Touch assist: If you intend to touch a button on the touchscreen but you have to swipe across the area of the touchscreen to reach it, use touch assist and select the option to register the first or last touch.
FAQ about touch screen sensitivity
1. Are there any third party apps that increase touch screen sensitivity on Android?
There are some apps that claim to increase the touch screen sensitivity on your Android device. However, we do not recommend these apps because they are not very reliable.
2. Is there a screen saver on the iPhone?
Are not. There is no screensaver on iPhone.
3. Does the in-display fingerprint scanner work with screen protectors?
Correct. If you are using a good quality screen protector, the fingerprint scanner should work without any problems.
Improved touch sensitivity
We hope this article helped you change the touch screen sensitivity on your Android and iPhone. You can always reset or disable these settings from the same menu you turned them on. However, if you run into any issues, you can always reset your device’s settings.
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