Take Advantage of 3D Touch

iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus bring a powerful new dimension to the Multi-Touch interface with 3D Touch. This new technology senses how deeply users press the display, letting them do more than ever with your apps and games.

Apps and games will never feel the same again.

In addition to familiar Multi–Touch gestures like Tap, Swipe, and Pinch, 3D Touch enabled actions will let users complete essential tasks more quickly and simply or engage in enhanced gameplay.

Quick Actions

Quick Actions let users do the things they do most often, faster and in fewer steps. Many of these actions can even be done with a single press, right from the Home screen.

Example of Quick Actions

Peek and Pop

Let your users preview all kinds of content and even act on it — without having to actually open it. Users can then press a little deeper to Pop into content in your app.

Example of Peek and Pop

Pressure Sensitivity

Creative apps can take advantage of the pressure-sensing display of iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus in many ways. For example, they can vary line thickness or give a brush a changing style.

Example of Pressure Sensitivity

The innovation behind 3D Touch.

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Development Resources

Download Xcode 7 with iOS 9 SDK and use the development resources below to learn more about enabling support 3D Touch in your apps.

Guides and Sample Code

Get details on how to design and build 3D Touch enabled actions in your iPhone app on iOS 9.

Quick Actions

Peek and Pop

Pressure Sensitivity

Xcode 7 and iOS 9

Xcode 7 and iOS 9 SDK includes the APIs for building apps that support 3D Touch.

Developer Forum

Discuss and ask questions about 3D Touch with Apple engineers and other developers.

Download on the App Store

Enhanced with 3D Touch

Explore iPhone apps that use 3D Touch for intuitive navigation, indispensable Quick Actions, and fantastic gaming. View 3D Touch apps on the App Store