Android N will support Apple like pressure-sensitive 3D Touch screens

They probably won't call it 3D Touch, though

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Android N is going to make it easier for device makers to create their own version of 3D Touch pressure-sensitive screens on their devices. Hopefully, when it's officially released, Google will figure out what to call the feature — because Apple 3D Touch is obviously Apple branding, and "support for pressure-sensitive screens" is an awful thing to have to write over and over again.

Because there’s no existing Android device with physical 3D Touch capabilities, the developer had to mimic the functionality using long presses and swiping down on the icon. In Google’s documentation, 3D Touch is only useful for the app icon itself; or ‘launcher shortcuts’ as Google frames it.

This is 3D Touch in Android N

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So it doesn’t seem as though Android users will get full peek-and-pop functionality, but some popup widgets that display simple information (like weather conditions or sports scores) or shortcuts to in-app features.

For now, it’s a neat preview of what Google I/O 2016 may bring developers. Until it’s official, we won’t get too excited.