Apple lastly helps Windows Precision Touchpad gestures in new Boot Camp replace

Apple is lastly including help for Windows Precision Touchpad drivers in its newest Boot Camp replace. The new 6.1.15 replace contains help for Windows Precision Touchpad, together with single faucet to click on, lower-right nook to right-click, down movement to scroll up, and three or 4 finger gestures.

Various Reddit users noticed the shock replace went dwell yesterday, and it apparently works higher than third-party options like Trackpad++ and mac-precision-touchpad that folks have had to make use of for years. “Works way better than both of them with better palm and thumb detection too,” says one Reddit user.

Microsoft first began introducing Windows Precision Touchpad with Intel in 2013, in an effort to repair what have been infamous PC trackpad points on the time. It has taken Apple a very long time to allow Windows Precision Touchpad in Boot Camp, however not each MacE book is supported. An Apple support document notes that solely Mac computer systems with a T2 chip will be capable to entry Windows Precision Touchpad, which is most MacE book Air and MacE book Pro fashions from 2018 onward (full list here).

The timing of such a major replace to Boot Camp can be shocking and will trace that Intel-based Macs will coexist with Apple’s M1-based Macs for some time but. Apple discontinued Intel-based MacBook Airs final yr, however you may nonetheless purchase a 13-inch MacE book Pro with an Intel CPU for now. Apple has mentioned that its “transition to Apple silicon will take about two years to complete.”