Future Apple keyboard could have one key that can pop out and be used as a mouse
Apple is continuing researching on how one key on the MacBook Pro keyboard could be taken out, and used as a precision mouse.
Apple is continuing researching on how one key on the MacBook Pro keyboard could be taken out, and used as a precision mouse.
Apple continues to pursue adding accurate blood pressure measurement to the Apple Watch, and now that research includes potentially utilizing a stretchable Watch band.
Continued patent filings prove that Apple is pursuing a folding iPhone design that would utilize a sliding body, with a flexible screen.
A future iPhone could feature a curved surface that wraps around to give a screen on both sides.
Apple is working on fabrics that can contain touch-sensitive materials, and display controls, so that the protective case around a future HomePod mini could feature extra functionality.
Users wearing "Apple Glass," or other Apple AR headsets, may turn any surface into a keyboard — and also display typing over the keys to help hunt-and-peck typists.
Supply chain sources claim that Apple's $2000 Apple AR headset will go on sale in the second half of 2022, with the AR glasses expected to arrive in 2023.
Apple both won and lost in a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals on Monday, with a panel of judges invalidating claims of one patent but upholding two others in a lawsuit about the iPhone Home button.
Apple is continuing to investigate ways that it can fill the entire volume of an iPhone, and is researching batteries that can fill the gaps in flexible devices such as a future iPhone Fold.
Similar technology to the sensors in the Apple Watch may come to the MacBook Pro, with Apple researching how to add biometric monitoring to the palm rest surface.
From MacBook Pro to iPad, Apple is investigating the use of gaze detection, and attention sensing, to know when you're not using a device and it can save battery power.
Apple is researching how to make swiping across an iPad screen feel more tactile, with alerts and controls providing haptic feedback — and potentially the return of Force Touch.
Owners of the Apple Watch could one day control their wearable devices silently and with their hands full, by blowing on it to trigger changes in state.
The clever end link in Apple Watch could be brought to more devices, as Apple investigates an "attachment system," that may even be how "Apple Glass" frames connect together.
Apple's system for creating a digital ID on an iPhone could use iBeacon-like connection to initially authenticate a person, before secure communications between two parties starts.
A possible Apple Magic Keyboard could detect which user is typing, and adjust between chiclet and mechanical feel and sound to suit them.
Apple has been researching ways to have an Apple Watch band automatically track the wearer's hydration, with all the health monitoring benefits that would bring.
A federal judge has handed Apple a win, ruling to toss a $308.5 million patent infringement verdict because of an underlying scheme to extract more money from companies.
Apple's latest gaze-detection research could mean that future users may be able to select text input fields in an app or website with just a look.
Apple could create a full-screen display for the iPhone that doesn't have any notches or holes for cameras or other sensors, by moving the display panel to create a window whenever a photo is being taken.
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