Leaked patent documents suggest Apple is developing new AirPods Pro with textured surfaces for touch input, volume control, and other functions. The patent also details a new vent design aimed at minimizing wind noise and improving active noise cancellation.
New AirPod Pros, when? They may be months away from existence, but the documentation circulating through the U.S. patent offices reveals Apple is cooking something up for its high-end earbuds. And unlike the last major update, it’s not just swapping out the—a long-standing, legacy leaker— Apple filed a patent for possible future AirPods with “a texture exterior surface for input” and a “textured exterior surface” for controlling functions on another device.
There’s speculation that these new gestures and tactile parts of the AirPod Pros will help those users immersed in augmented reality . That’s because other rumors percolated about the AirPods Pro having cameras embedded inside for spatial awareness. It sparked off in a. It’s about 22 pages long and features interesting diagrams, like the one I embedded here. Most of the patent describes the technology that enables the calibration of in-ear headphones.
Streaming games with GeForce Now on a $3,500 Vision Pro is beautiful, but expensive, though it would be so much better if not for Safari.The Samsung Galaxy S25 may look like an iPhone, but its AI assistant reminds me how the world is being separated into AI haves and have-nots.Though rumormongers disagree, the latest leaks show Apple’s iPhone SE 4 with a notch instead of the much-loved dynamic island.
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