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Future Apple Pencil could detect colors and textures

Apple could be planning a real-world equivalent of the familiar eye-dropper tool in image apps, where a color could be set by an Apple Pencil tapping against it in an existing image.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 3

Future Apple Vision Pro could help the injured avoid medication addiction

Apple is researching how the use of mixed reality in the Apple Vision Pro may provide pain relief for injuries.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 2

Folding iPhone may be touch sensitive all over

Apple has been granted a patent for touch sensitive control areas including solid-state buttons on any surface of the current iPhone design, and a folding one.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 4
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Apple's next Studio Display could be curved and very secure

Apple has been researching how to make privacy filters to prevent anyone but the user from seeing what's on their curved screen — but Apple has never made a curved screen.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 15

Apple won't let go of the idea of a touchscreen MacBook Pro

Despite continually saying a touchscreen MacBook Pro is a bad idea, newly-revealed research shows Apple hasn't stopped exploring the idea.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 11

Future Apple iPhone cases may incorporate extra Action Buttons

It may not be necessary to get an iPhone 16 to get an Action Button, as Apple appears to be working on a case with buttons built in that can control the enclosed iPhone.

David Schloss 1 year ago 6

Apple Ring research points to dozens of uses far beyond health monitoring

Apple's latest research into an Apple Ring doesn't just suggest what it looks like, but also positions it at the center of iPhone and Mac control, and as a remote to household appliances.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 2

Apple researching how to make smart clothes, bags, and furniture

Apple is continuing to investigate ways of making fabric touch sensitive so that it could embed controls or detect gestures on products far beyond Apple Watch bands or iPhone cases.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 5

Arm-mounted haptics could make future iPhone notifications more discreet

Even silent alerts can be audible if an Apple Watch haptic engine is too powerful, but Apple has plans to make notifications entirely private.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 4

Apple wants to put touch screens on every MacBook Pro metal surface

Apple still won't make us a touch-screen Mac, but it is at least considering adding touch-sensitive displays on just about every surface that surrounds the MacBook Pro keyboard as the next best thing.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 10

Apple has a strange plan to power future Vision Pro with AirPods

Apple is researching ways that other devices such as straps or even AirPods, can charge an Apple Vision Pro while in use.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 2

Apple looking to the past, working on how to put a Mac in a keyboard

Apple's Magic Keyboard may one day become more magical, and possibly a little thicker, as the company is working on ways to include an entire Mac within it.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 61

Future Apple Watch band could detect the slightest finger movements and gestures

Apple is investigating how the addition of electrodes to Apple Watch bands could detect the muscle movement and minute electrical activity when a user makes just about any finger gesture.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 6

You may be able to unlock future Apple devices with only your heart

Passwords, Touch ID, and Face ID could all be a thing of the past, as Apple is working on a future where unlocking your devices is as easy as just holding a future iPhone or letting your Apple Watch sense your unique heart rhythm.

David Schloss 1 year ago 7

Future Apple Vision Pro update could let users create their own gestures

Apple has plans for making Apple Vision Pro even more accessible and allowing for it to be controlled with customized gestures.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 1

iMessage patent row between Apple and MPH revived with new subpoena

Apple is fighting to make litigation funding firm Omni Bridgeway comply with a subpoena, demanding details about its relationship with MPH, a company Apple is in a patent lawsuit with over iMessage and FaceTime.

Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 2

AliveCor suffers another loss in Apple Watch ECG patent battle

The U.S. Customs have found that the redesigned ECG in Apple Watch doesn't violate AliveCor patents, thus making AliveCor's legal battles even more challenging.

Wesley Hilliard 1 year ago 2

Apple is trying to reinvent group audio chat with no cell or WiFi needed

Apple is developing technology that would allow any number of willing people in close proximity to start an audio chat, using only an iPhone and a headset like AirPods, with no WiFi or cell service needed.

David Schloss 1 year ago 19
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