Apple Intentionally Removed 3D Touch Multitasking Feature From iOS 11

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Posted June 30, 2017 at 8:55pm by iClarified

Apple intentionally removed the 3D Touch Multitasking feature from iOS 11, according to a Radar shared by Bryan Irace.

"Apple engineering has confirmed that 3D Touch multitasking was intentionally removed in iOS 11. I am livid."

If you weren't aware, the 3D Touch multitasking feature lets you press on the left side of the display to easily bring up the app switcher. A press and swipe will quickly take you to your last open app.

Here's what Apple had to say...

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Apple Developer Relations
Engineering has provided the following information regarding this issue:
Please know that this feature was intentionally removed.
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Frohannes - September 22, 2017 at 11:48am

just updated to iOS11 and as always they just had to screw something up. That was one of my most used features of the phone. Bring it back Apple!

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ImDragan - July 2, 2017 at 11:52am

Great feature! I don't want to presa my home button all the time for appswitcher. I will go jailbrake again. They should also make similar for closing apps , so not to use home button either. Like swipe up or left from edge... any how not to remove this great feature.

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987234lkjdflslfsjdfjs - July 2, 2017 at 9:48am

easy.. they are intentionally trying to break the iPhone 6s phones by requiring people to use the physical home key which will wear out prematurely. force some iPhone 7s and iPhone 8 purchases.

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Alvaro Vega - July 1, 2017 at 9:45pm

What???? That was one of the best 3D touch features, its so much faster and easier than pressing the button twice. Really furious with apple for this!

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Rain Man - July 1, 2017 at 4:48pm

I hope 3D Touch in general stays.

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D4xM4Nx - July 1, 2017 at 8:27am

I don't care since I've got me used to either assistive touch without jailbreak or activator custom gestures/SwitcherControls to launch the app switcher and with the controls tweak, both, the app switcher and control center fused together ;)

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Harsh saluja - July 1, 2017 at 8:06am

I love this feature. Its really easy to open multitasking. I dont want it to be removed. Its brilliant

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Steve noJobs - July 1, 2017 at 6:55am

Didnt know this, but im gonna use it now, sad that it get removed. :(

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dude1 - July 1, 2017 at 2:40am

that feature sucks anyways

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Ammadz - July 1, 2017 at 1:57am

WHY????

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cbefaa7 - July 1, 2017 at 1:34am

This has no effect on me... I'm still on iOS 9.0.2. I have no idea what any OS above mine is like. Kind of a good thing if Apple is taking features away.

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Al-Saygh - June 30, 2017 at 11:59pm

What a stupid decision. This feature saves time and easier to switch to other apps. At least add an option in the setting either disable or enable the feature instead of removing it without any convincing reason.

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F: - June 30, 2017 at 10:05pm

What a stupid thing to do. C'mon Apple. Don't ruins our life. This is most useful future not to use home button at all. I always use this future to switch or kill apps.

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Annan - June 30, 2017 at 9:37pm

What the? Had to be related to iPhone 8 and no home button?

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Nickel-Slick - June 30, 2017 at 9:20pm

When they first introduced the feature I thought it was stupid. Then I found myself using it all of the time! Please bring it back!

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The Dude - June 30, 2017 at 9:32pm

this was initially a jailbreak tweak back on ios 9....the cydia tweak is better because u literally touch the home button twice and multitask pops up. Tweak is called "Virtual Home"..

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Chip - July 3, 2017 at 9:40pm

Virtual home is buggy and is a very good idea the tweak haven't bin updated since iOS 9 so if apple took it out maybe it's better off out. All the nonsense about wearing down the home button is nonsense most of you people will buy a new iPhone in 3 years and I bet your home button will still be like new.

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EB - June 30, 2017 at 9:06pm

It is also absent in 10.3.3 beta. Always worked like crap and was hand to invoke, except when you were not planning on it...

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gamerscul9870 - June 30, 2017 at 9:05pm

For how people say it takes iOS to the next level, I can kind of see why they removed it for some better function.

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Butterspider - June 30, 2017 at 9:03pm

Never works for me anyway. Probably why the are removing it. Seems spotty on performance.

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