Imagine your touchscreen is like a big plate of cookies, and when you tap it, you’re secretly pressing down on invisible cookies. Each cookie tells the screen where your finger was, that’s how it knows to show the right picture or letter.
Examples
- Your finger is like a cookie press on an invisible plate of cookies.
- You tap your phone, it knows where you tapped because of the invisible cookies.
- If you press harder on your screen, it can tell how hard you pressed.
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See also
- How Do Smartphones Know When to Vibrate?
- How Do Touchscreens Actually Know Where You Tap?
- How do touchscreens detect your finger's input?
- Why Do Smartphones Feel Warm When You Charge Them?
- Why Do Smartphones Feel Like They're Always Running Out of Battery?