Future Apple Watch may anticipate workouts when you change bands
Just swapping to another band may be enough to make a future Apple Watch reconfigure settings, start workouts, and track your strap usage.
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William Gallagher
Apple plans to make 'Apple Glass' comfortable for extended immersive experiences
Apple AR devices such as "Apple Glass," may feature cooling to keep the wearer comfortable, and minutely adjust AR/VR environments to make them seem natural.
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Apple considering paying incentives to developers of popular apps
Apple has investigated methods of determining which apps get certain amounts of actual use by the user, and then allocating financial rewards to the developers based on that usage.
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Future iPhone could take better underwater photos with automatic optical analysis
A future iPhone may be able to take clearer photographs underwater, with Apple looking into ways to process and adjust an image when it detects the camera sensor is submerged.
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Malcolm Owen
Future iPhone could sport under-display light sensor to cut back notch volume
Apple is researching an ambient light sensor that could be embedded underneath an iPhone display, a development that could aid in removing or reducing the screen notch.
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Mike Peterson
Apple researching Apple Watch bands that can provide information in Braille
An Apple Watch band could be that which contains controllable protrusions, and Apple is researching elements that can be raised or lowered to present tactile information on the surface.
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Future iPhone cases may brace themselves for impact automatically
Rather than relying on one piece of plastic or rubber, future cases for the iPhone may detect when it is about to hit the ground and alter physical properties to better protect your device.
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Apple developing new 3D spatial audio format for 'Apple Glass' and other AR uses
Like it did for 3d models for ARKit, Apple is developing a a new audio format that makes it easier to place sounds around a user, even when that user is moving, when wearing "Apple Glass," or other AR devices, possibly based on the company's work with Pixar.
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Apple refining Siri to cut down on mistaken activations, and to draw less power
Apple is researching ways where Siri can be better at assessing whether you really meant to call it, and also when you're done speaking to it.
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