According to the latest report, there are not many rumors about the AirPods Max 2 wireless earphones, but a new patent obtained by Apple may indicate that the company will make the second generation of high-end over-ear headphones. development direction.
According to Patently Apple, Apple just received another patent application from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for handling gestures on touch-sensitive surfaces. This is not the first time Apple has been granted a patent for touch controls for the AirPods Max wireless earphones, as it has at least three other documents on the technology, the report said.
Apple’s abstract states that an electronic device includes: at least a first touch-sensitive surface; one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs include the following instructions to detect a first gesture on at least one first touch-sensitive surface.
Including detecting the orientation of the first gesture relative to the touch-sensitive surface, and in response to detecting the first gesture: according to determining that the electronic device is in the first gesture A device direction and the direction of the first gesture correspond to the first predetermined direction, and the first action is performed.
Touch controls on the AirPods Max 2 make it easier to skip songs, invoke Siri, turn the volume up or down, and more. As of now, having a Digital Crown is still quite a clever and unique feature for Apple’s high-end headphones. By the end of 2020, when Apple launched the first-generation AirPods Max, the design team behind the product was interviewed by Japanese design site Casa BRUTUS.
In that interview, Apple admitted to experimenting with touch controls for the AirPods Max, but ultimately opted for the Digital Crown design. Maybe that will change with the launch of the AirPods Max 2.
As of now, it’s unclear if Apple will launch new high-end headphones. In 2021, Bloomberg said the company planned to launch new AirPods Max earphone colors that year, but that didn’t happen.
If Apple were to settle the NDT controversy by adding support for higher music quality to its high-end earphones, the AirPods Max 2 would be handy. Not only that but adding a power button to the AirPods Max will also solve the problem of the headphones not turning off properly.