Forget folding iPhones, Apple wants a foldable Apple Watch
Imagine being able to flip open the display on your Apple Watch, use it like an iPhone, and make video calls on it. That's what Apple's has been researching.
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William Gallagher
Apple is considering adding a small display to the Apple Vision Pro headband
Apple has been researching how to work a display into the headband of the Apple Vision Pro, maybe to save users having to put it on to see if updates are done or perhaps give info to outside observers.
Future MacBook notch may get replaced with removable cameras on a rotating screen
The FaceTime camera on a MacBook Pro is famously not as good as one on an iPhone, but new research shows Apple is continuing to work on it — and may have decided that the answer involves mounting larger cameras on a rotating display.
Apple wants to cram sensors for everything into Apple Vision Pro
We've already got Face ID sensors and a bunch of health sensors in the Apple Watch, but future Apple devices including the Apple Vision Pro will have many more measuring devices, including one for analyzing breathing through your nose. Here's what else is coming.
Apple Watch & Apple Vision Pro fabrics may get embedded medical sensors
For at least five years, Apple has been researching how it can measure the health of an Apple Watch wearer non-invasively and conveniently, in research that could be applied to the Apple Vision Pro, too.
Masimo's claims falter as Apple defends smartwatch designs in court
Apple and Masimo's patent and trade secret dispute has intensified through lawsuits as Apple defends its innovations and Masimo's claims are rejected in court.
Andrew Orr
Judge awards Apple a token $250 in its latest lawsuit against Masimo
A Delaware jury has found smartwatch maker Masimo guilty of infringing Apple's Apple Watch patents on health technology, but limited it to only older smartwatch models that are no longer sold, and awarded the firm the least damages it legally could.
Charles Martin
Apple presses on with headset that's an iPhone on your face
Picture safety goggles where instead of glass, you slide an iPhone over your eyes. That was Apple's first idea for the Apple Vision Pro and it will not let it go.
Apple beats patent troll, wins suit over Secure Enclave tech
Apple has won a court victory in a battle against patent troll Identity Security LLC, with a jury deciding that Secure Enclave, used originally to enable Touch ID, did not violate four patents.
David Schloss
