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

Future Apple Pencil could be modular with new features added by swappable sleeves

Apple is researching whether interchangeable sleeves for the Apple Pencil could give users a choice of controls, sensors, or even extended battery life.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 3

Forget folding screens, Apple is working on stretchable ones

New research that suggests the future "iPhone Fold" could have a stretchable display on the outside, instead of one that just folds. Here's how Apple thinks it can be done.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 2

If Apple's research pans out, an iPhone could be a portable science lab

Apple is researching how to make an iPhone accessory that can be used to perform spectroscopy in the field, and inexpensively.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 5

Apple wants you to be able to just point at things to learn about them

Future Apple Watch or iPhone models could detect when you're pointing at a location, or want to buy something from a store window, and show you details about them.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 3

Future HomeKit could track you through your house and predict your needs

A future version of HomeKit may keep track of where the people in the house are, and learn user habits to figure out when to automatically take actions, without you having to ask Siri.

William Gallagher 1 year ago 19

Future iPads and iPhones could tell stressed users to calm down

Apple is researching how to bring its Apple Vision Pro physiognomy sensor technology to give iPads and iPhones the ability to detect stress in a user.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 8

Folding iPhone may repair display scratches & dents by itself

In researching types of displays that can be folded or bent, Apple is continuing to work on technology so iPhone displays themselves could "heal" the inevitable wear and tear.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 10

Apple wants iPhone-like touch surfaces to be able to wrap around spheres

A flat touch surface isn't enough — thirty years after it retired the trackball in favor of touch-sensitive trackpads on PowerBooks, Apple could be planning to combine the two ideas into a new input device for the MacBook Pro.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 2

MacBook Pro Touch Bar could be revived as a strip that supports Apple Pencil

Apple keeps researching how to have the iPad-centric Apple Pencil do the work of the old Touch Bar on the surface of a future MacBook Pro.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 18

Apple researching how to make a 'Star Trek' communicator badge

Apple has been researching how to make a small, wearable loudspeaker that would use beamformed audio to make it clearly audible to the wearer, yet not disturb anyone else.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 28

Apple's next HomePod could be a desktop or TV sound bar

While most HomePod rumors have claimed that Apple will add a screen to a future model, new research shows the company is thinking about making it a horizontal sound bar.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 9

Future Apple Vision Pro could help the user get life-saving medical advice

Apple is developing technology for wearable devices like Apple Vision Pro that measure and monitor biometric data and location to provide tailored and potentially lifesaving advice.

David Schloss 2 years ago 0

Apple wants to make grooved keys to stop nasty finger oil transfer to MacBook Pro screens

Apple is researching a novel way to keep MacBook Pro displays clean — by changing the structure of keys on the keyboard.

William Gallagher 2 years ago 25

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