In action: Android N will have a similar function to 3D Touch iOS – CNET in Spanish

The second beta of Android N version, available since Thursday, includes a feature that let you do actions from the screen start.

As this is a beta function, very few people have been able to take advantage of it and see how it works. These few people are the guys the site Phandroid, who created a video to briefly display this function, they explain, is the 3D feature on Android Touch N.

3D Touch is the name given to a technology used by Apple in the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus, which is powered by a processor that detects the pressure on the screen, and based on this, it shows secondary options icons or within applications.

Android N, this function will act similarly. In the video Climate auditioned with a native Android app. Unlike iOS, N submenu appears when you slide your finger up and down on the app icon. As shown, this touch gesture displays the weather forecast for the coming days.

Google said this feature in Android N will have more functions, such as opening the screen to compose a new message or open Google Maps with the route home; the function depend on the app. For now, these links only describe actions on the home screen, so it is unknown whether there will be something similar within apps.

Android N is still in beta and is now solely in the hands of developers and enthusiasts platform. According to the history of Google, the company would reveal more about Android N at your event Google I / O in May, but the release of the mobile operating system would be until September or October.

Other developments in the second beta of Android N are new Emoji and a new API to play back 3D content. Take a tour of all the new Android 7.0 in the next gallery.