Synaptics – who, if you look in your laptop's Device Manager or equivalent, you might find make your touchpad – have announced two new gestures that their hardware supports. ChiralRotate and ...

An Intel executive last week suggested it was abnormal to interact with a laptop using input devices like touchpads, but Synaptics is out to debunk that notion by making touchpads more user-friendly.

Just sharing this little nugget I found on the Internet after I found Synaptics' drivers for my Precision M3800's trackpad wanting. There are some (eg those with an HP Spectre) saying they need some ...

For nearly 20 years, most laptop computers have shipped with touchpads for controlling an on-screen cursor, scrolling through text, and performing other gesture-based controls on Windows, Mac, and ...

Scrybe gesture workflows can greatly enhance your productivity by expanding your Synaptics TouchPad capabilities. By combining Synaptics Gesture Suite's scrolling, zooming, and rotation gestures with ...

At some point -- probably when the iPhone 5s came out -- fingerprint sensors became cool. Yes, they've been used on business laptops for years, but it's only recently that we've started to see them in ...

Synaptics is showcasing its edge AI and wireless connectivity advancements at Computex 2025, signaling a strategic shift beyond its legacy PC touchpad and fingerprint sensor offerings. The spotlight ...

We recently had the opportunity to chat with Synaptics and get some hands-on time with an array of already-available and upcoming input technologies. The big announcement coming from Synaptics today ...

Forget swiping across a notebook trackpad-- the SmartBar lets you highlight text, zoom in on your screen and power through games by supercharging the spacebar. Claire Reilly was a video host, ...

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