Apple R&D: iPhone case for AirPods, smoke detector and connected doorbell

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Mobile

• Airports:the arrival of identity cards in Apple Mapsshould simplify the passage through security and boarding gates (source)
• Smoke detector: embedded in the iPhone,and, and
• MagSafe: it already exists, and yet Apple is working on cases for iPhone which also include a case for recharging its AirPods (source)

VR

• Auralisation: Apple details its progress ina new patent to be found right here
• Animation: Tracking hand movements could improve studio shots

• Eye tracking: embedded technology in the futureeyewearof Apple promises to be very advanced (source)
• MR helmet:picturesshow what the beast could look like, which Ming-Chi Kuo announces for 2022

Mac

• Trackpad: the touchpad could improve with laser-textured glass (source)
• VR Gloves: to control your computer with gestures (source)

• Video: Apple wants to make the use of external monitors more efficient by improving the image flow (source)
• Download: data transfers of the order of TB per second are announced (source)
• Health: sensors integrated into the MacBook could be used to learn more about the health of its owner, measuring in particular the heartbeat frequency, blood pressure, blood oxygenation or even breathing (source)

iPad

• iPad Pro:the next design of the devicelooks identical to the current one
• Drawing:an iOS appcould soon make it possible to create graphics mixed with photos taken in a real environment

• Wireless charging: a MagSafe case is apparently on the way for tablets,which is also confirmed by Mark Gurman(source)

Other patents

• Connected doorbell: Apple imaginean intercomwhich can recognize faces and connects to HomePod mini or a smart TV

• AirPower: Apple's wireless charger is not dead! (source)
• Apple TV: thewhite balance adjustment via iPhonewith Face IDexplains itself
• Apple Car: alert messages could be displayed on screens installed at the front of the autonomous car that Apple seems to be preparing in secret

• Apple Plans: Traxcell Technologies, a patent troll, has decided to attack the mapping platform again (details)