One of the latest wireless headsets released by Apple today is the AirPods Max, a wireless earphone with a durable metal casing and support for Active Noise Canceling. And as it has now become known, the aforementioned Cupertino-based tech giant is expected to introduce a successor to the aforementioned headset later this year. But what is most interesting is that we have already received some details of what exactly this successor will be like.
And first of all, it should be noted that some of the previous reports of improvements that we can expect in future AirPods Max 2 headphones are likely to be true. The bottom line is that the new patent filed by the company, in a very unambiguous way, hints at the introduction of touch control into the device. Digging into the details, Apple has filed for a new patent called Interaction with Wireless Headphones. This patent, in short, will help replace the control wheel, also known as the Digital Crown, with a touch surface.
Moreover, it also sheds light on the future AirPods Max 2 and the fact that the technology giant has previously filed another, no less important and interesting patent for smart fabrics with touch controls for full-size headphones. In addition to all this, he received two more patents for providing users with touch input methods through the outside of the ear pads. So the most logical and reliable assumption at the moment is that right now the company is working on just the same to implement touch control in one form or another in their future AirPods Max 2 headphones, replacing them with a digital crown. But be that as it may, even such reliable-looking information should be treated with some degree of caution, since so far all this information has not been officially confirmed by Apple itself.
And yes, it has long been worth getting used to the fact that if Apple receives any patent, there is still absolutely no guarantee that this same patented technology will eventually be used in the “nearby” devices. The company likes to file patents “for the future” to apply and implement them where they can provide the greatest impact. But yes, some of them still remain unrealized even to this day.
