Apple has filed for a patent (number US 20250022211 A1) for a user interface that can simulate depth effects in photos taken with an iPhone, iPad, or Mac. In the patent filing, Apple says that, ...

with a 2023 patent filing describing a detachable Apple Watch camera system. As shown in the sketch above, the Apple Watch’s display would be able to act as the viewfinder, while the Digital ...

The camera is a longer-term goal. While it’s technically possible today, the quality it permits is nowhere close to acceptable for an iPhone. For that reason, it’s a near-certainty that embedding Face ...

A new patent filed by Apple shows the company may have solved how to implement Face ID underneath a display. Apple's patent involves removing certain subpixels, without affecting image quality ...

To improve the satellite features, Apple in October invested another $1 billion in satellite communication provider Globalstar, its partner on the iPhone satellite features. Importantly, the funding ...

Apple was having issues getting the infrared light, used to scan the user's face and verify it, through the pixels under an iPhone's display. The patent, awarded to Apple by the USPTO, is called ...

Apple has filed for a patent (number US 20250028179 A1) for “lens mounting structures for head-mounted devices.” It involves ...

Apple has secured a new patent that hints at its ambitions to roll out more robust satellite communications for future iPhones. The patent, granted on Wednesday, focuses on one of the challenges ...

The 27-inch Apple Studio Display, which still costs at least 1749 euros in its standard version, will have been on the market for three years in March. The technology was already outdated when it ...

In 2020, we became aware of an Apple patent describing a "joint operating mode" which would allow a single-screen device to be supplemented by a magnetically-connected secondary display.