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Apple is finally adding support for Windows Precision Touchpad drivers in the latest Boot Camp update. The new 6.1.15 update includes support for Windows Precision Touchpad, including one-click to click, bottom-right corner right-click, swipe-down to scroll up, and three or four-finger gestures.
Several Reddit users noticed that the surprise update was launched yesterday, and it seems to work better than third-party solutions like Trackpad++ and the mac-Precision touchpad that people have had to use for years. “It works way better than both with better palm and thumb detection too,” says one Reddit user.
Microsoft started supporting Precision Touchpads over seven years ago
Microsoft first started offering Windows Precision Touchpad with Intel in 2013, in an effort to fix what were the notorious PC trackpad problems at the time. Apple has taken a long time to enable Windows Precision Touchpad in Boot Camp, but not every MacBook is supported. An Apple support document notes that only Mac computers with a T2 chip will have access to the Windows Precision Touchpad, which are most MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models from 2018 onwards (full list here).
The timing of such an important Boot Camp update is also surprising and could hint that Intel-based Macs will coexist with Apple’s M1-based Macs for a while now. Apple last year discontinued production of Intel-based MacBook Airs, but you can still buy a 13-inch MacBook Pro with an Intel CPU for now. Apple said its “transition to Apple silicon will take about two years to complete.”
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