- Windows 11 has more advanced haptic feedback functionality for trackpads and mice in the works
- This feature is called haptic cues, but it is not being officially tested yet.
- It’s hidden in the preview, but hopefully it will be activated soon for testing and will offer multiple ways to get haptic feedback when interacting with the Windows 11 interface.
Windows 11 is apparently set to receive new features for a haptic mouse or laptop trackpad beyond the basic feedback that already exists, and this incoming feature is called haptic cues.
Windows Latest noted that PhantomOfEarth, a regular source of Microsoft X rumors, has been digging back into pre-release builds of Windows 11 and discovered the hidden haptic cues feature.
New mouse haptic cues options coming soon in Settings (hidden in latest Dev/Beta build) pic.twitter.com/XQuMjxKuiMNovember 9, 2025
When enabled, and haptic feedback is still not working, or not even present in the preview, depending on the menu options displayed, you’ll be able to turn on haptic feedback for when you snap a window into place or “align objects” and other Windows 11 interface elements.
In other words, with a trackpad that supports haptic feedback, there will be a physical ‘buzz’ to indicate that the window in question has been broken (or whatever other interface action this feature is eventually tied to). The same goes for a mouse that supports haptic feedback.
Those who do not have a touch-enabled mouse (such as the Logitech MX Master 4, for example) or the trackpad will not benefit from this functionality, of course.
Analysis: hopeful for happy haptics
Windows testers won’t see this yet; It needs to be enabled via a configuration utility (ViVeTool), but it’s in the background of Windows 11 previews in the Dev and Beta channels, indicating that Microsoft is preparing to ship it live for testing in the future. Of course, that won’t necessarily happen, but there’s a good chance it will.
As Windows Latest points out, the basic haptic feedback you already get – just by pressing to click (replacing the mechanical clicking of a traditional trackpad) – is a nifty experience in itself with a trackpad on a Windows 11 laptop, and this expands on the idea of providing useful additional details to give you a satisfying physical feel when you interact with certain parts of the operating system interface.
Of course, not everyone may be interested in their peripherals buzzing more, and if you’re the type of person who turns off the noise effects of your console’s controller, you don’t have to use these additional haptic features. Or you can adjust the intensity of the effects so that they are very slight (although we won’t know how slight they are until this feature appears in test versions of Windows 11, assuming that is the case).
Microsoft is trying to catch up to Apple here, as the rival company is interested in its haptic feedback. Apple introduced full Force Touch technology for its MacBook trackpads a long time ago, along with Haptic Touch with newer iPhones or iPads (although some feel it’s a distinct downgrade from 3D Touch, the equivalent of Force Touch for older Apple smartphones and tablets).
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