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| [* black] Here we have the component responsible for shaking things up—the Taptic Engine, also known as an electromagnetic oscillating linear actuator. | |
| - | [* icon_note] Besides giving life to your clicks and button presses, it also alerts you when you receive a call, when your workout starts or ends, if your heart rate gets too low or too high, or when your dinner timer is up. |
| - | [* black] Compared to the [guide|97521|shakers of yore|stepid=179038|new_window=true], this is a much thinner design—but it has grown in length. |
| - | [* icon_reminder] Still, it's very telling how much volume Apple continues to devote to haptic feedback in a device as space-constrained as a smartwatch. |
| - | [* black] All that room could have gone to a bigger battery, and maybe no one would have complained—but Apple clearly believes physical feedback is hugely important to the user experience. |
| - | [* black] To this day, [https://www.androidcentral.com/its-2018-and-android-phones-still-cant-compare-iphones-taptic-engine|there isn't really any Android equivalent.|new_window=true] |
| + | [* black] Compared to the [guide|97521|shakers of yore|stepid=179038|new_window=true], this is a much thinner design, but it's also longer. |
| + | [* icon_note] Even this smaller engine takes up a lot of room in this tiny device—all that room could have gone to a bigger battery, but Apple seems to ''feel'' physical feedback is a necessity. |
| + | [* black] And if the pundits are to be believed, maybe this tiny thing really [https://www.androidcentral.com/its-2018-and-android-phones-still-cant-compare-iphones-taptic-engine|sets them apart from Android devices|new_window=true]. |