By Mark Hachman
Publication Date: 2026-09-23 20:30:00
In April, I had a chance to try out the new haptics inside the Windows 11 Insider Build 26300.8155, which Microsoft was showing off with a prototype mouse at the time. Haptics, sometimes called force feedback, vibrate and “push back” against your fingers to provide tactile feedback.
Some Surface laptops, such as the Surface Laptop Studio 2, have included haptic trackpads for years, as an alternative to the traditional mechanical trackpads that need to be depressed, and whose “clickability” extends only over part of the surface. I’ve always found these trackpads to be particularly useful, as you don’t need to “aim” your finger at a portion of the trackpad.
The Surface Mouse — and the Logitech MX Master 4 for the PC and Mac, the ultimate productivity mouse — now support these haptic features as well. Aligning objects in PowerPoint, window snapping, resizing, or hovering over the Close button will all trigger some vibration on the mouse, as…
