Apple has just patented their work on the next generation iPod Touch 8 but
it's not what you expected yes it's a set of airpods with a built-in display
now I know it sounds crazy but it's actually quite genius and it's not just
me making this up Apple's own patent images for this new products prove it
and I'll be showing and explaining why it actually makes sense in this video so
let's get started this right here is an article from Mac rumors that which just
posted earlier this morning showing that apple is researching an airpods case
with a built-in interactive touchscreen and this image right here perfectly
explains what I imagine it'll look like as you can see you have the album art
you have touch controls for media and the volume all built in with an
always-on display and this was actually filed by Apple in September of 2021 and
published last week with the US patented trademark office so apple is a actually
working on this according to Apple's own words they're saying that there is a
need for a headphone case device that can control operations that are
traditionally associated with headphones an example of playback controls changing
audio sources changing audio output modes Etc and there's a further need for
a headphone case that can also convey the information to a user through
haptics and or this
devices like this one and this right here is just one image out of many
showing the airpods pro going into an airpods case with a display right over
here and the best part is that Apple suggests the case could have additional
processors and memory modules that would allow it to carry out specific
instructions that are traditionally associated with smartphones computers
and other connected devices so hinting at basically a standalone device that
can open things like phone app mail messages camera calendar weather maps
and more on your airpods and here you can see the interactive display on the
case working with the earpods and another source device now the place
where we actually saw a lot of these images is from
patentlyapple.com where it shows off the Touch display with the earpods case with
a user interface all working together we got some images right over here but the
interesting thing is that we also have patent images showing that you can
squeeze the airpods case to trigger some kind of app command like switching
between different audio modes like let's say noise cancellation or transparency
mode just by squeezing the case itself of course we have messages right here
replies we have the weather app radio app and a bunch of other things
including audiobooks and even Maps now I've got to say that right now Apple's
airpods are absolutely amazing and they're doing very very well in sales
but there's just one major problem that's in the way of Apple targeting a
massive market for the airpods and that's the fact that you need another
Apple device like an iPhone to use the earpods and the major setback for apple
is that there are many teenagers pre-teens and maybe even younger kids
who don't have iPhones because the parents rightfully believe that they're
too young to have one and that's is what made the iPod Touch so special in the
past it was a budget device you can get for your kids it was safe for them to
use to listen to music and everything else and it wasn't actually an iPhone so
it was the perfect device but now of course we don't have one so why not
create a pair of earpods with a mini iPod Touch built into the case itself
and before I explain how this is going to work with giving these airpods touch
to a child and making them work there's actually an awesome concept of this idea
that was created by H Keeley on macramers forums over six months ago and
as you can see right here we have stemless earpods with an airpods case
that's now black and it has a display you can see it's showing the charge
levels right here you can even unlock with ear ID which actually there's
patents for that as well you can see there's album art media controls you fit
in songs onto the case itself with built-in memory as you can see right
here you could choose your different amount of storage space you can actually
switch between noise reduction transparency spatial mode right here you
can switch and AirPlay to different speakers you have the airpods level
where it's too loud and could automatically bring it down you also
have different albums that you can choose from nice interactive swipe
through it look at all this you can have apps like YouTube music Spotify podcasts
you have your ebooks and maybe even make a phone call with Wi-Fi or 5G you could
even have background sounds which I think is a great idea by this Mac Rumors
poster and live translate that is absolutely genius you choose your
different language maybe even some health sensors the level of your noise
cancellation you have different settings independent from the iPhone ear tip fit
test voice memos right with your earpods of
course you have Siri and find my so if you lose one of the buds you could
actually find it using the airpods case itself and some of the stuff that he's
showing off is actually shown within Apple's own patents that just came out
and don't worry I'm gonna get into those images especially the ones that show
that Apple has the iPod touch as the inspiration for this product but I
imagine this to work for kids and teens by working similar to how the Apple
watch works with family setup where you can buy your kid an Apple Watch SE with
cellular and you can set it up for them and they don't even need an iPhone it's
a standalone device where you can have location tracking messages calling other
fun apps and even music loaded onto it and then on the other hand the Apple
watch is still a great product for adults who want to set it up with their
iPhone and use it for everything else so it works for both markets and I imagine
the new airpods touch to work exactly the same way we already know that
Apple's airpods Pro 2 have the H2 chip the U1 chip and Bluetooth 5.3 builds in
all they will need to add is Wi-Fi connectivity into the airpods case
itself to be able to receive iMessages and connect to Apple music do updates
everything else your kids would be able to download music onto the earpods touch
themselves with the included internal storage like imagine just 32 gigabytes
would be enough because that's what comes on the Apple watch models and they
could still fit a ton of songs onto it now what if Apple makes a cellular
version of the airpods touch just like they did with the Apple watch SC you
would literally have an esim cellular plan that you can connect and stream
apple music anywhere you go get text messages from anywhere everywhere right
on of the earpods case itself now the only problem with that would be battery
life but again the apple watch SE has cellular as well so this would be an
awesome idea now here is finally the proof of Apple envisioning this product
as an actual iPod Touch replacement check out the official patent images
from the patent listing itself as you can see you have media controls but
check this out they showed off an actual iPod click wheel or scroll wheel where
you could literally stroll with your finger just like you did on the original
iPods and iPod Touches and it would adjust the volume you could see
clockwise changing the volume and then as well you could just switch it from a
swipe like that absolutely insane that brings back iPod memories here they're
showing off going through an audiobook application where you can go back 10
seconds go forward 10 seconds and even getting turn-by-turn directions with the
maps app so all of that basically proves that apple is envisioning more than just
a simple display that shows a little bit of things on it there's a lot of things
that you would be able to do with this new airpods touch and I believe it would
make the most sense as a standalone device with family setup just like you
can do with the current Apple watch that way it opens it up to a huge Market of
teens pre-teens and younger children who would love to have some nice air pods
but they don't need another iPhone or other device to actually use and control
it and play the music that is a huge value and parents don't have to worry
about buying two different devices air pods and an iPod or airpods and an
iPhone or a Mac anything it's all built into one I think that's a genius idea
who knows if it's actually going to come to light because Apple does a lot of
different patents in and a lot of them never show up sometimes it takes years
but if it does come I think it is going to be an awesome product so let me know
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