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If there’s one Apple device that most consumers are anxiously waiting for it, then it has to be a pair of studio-quality over-ear headphones. It’s rumoured that they will launch sometime in the first half of 2020, but we know little about them. Thankfully, Apple has been granted a patent by the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), which sheds light on one critical feature of the upcoming over-ear headphones.
So essentially, Apple’s rumoured over-ear headphones can register touch gestures and detect rotation. The headphones basically feature a touch interface integrated into the earpieces. Instead of mechanical buttons, there is a touch interface on each side of the earpiece that can sense gestures.
But here the thing: the technologies and features based in patents don’t always materialise. Even though Apple’s vision of creating a pair of premium over-ear headphones may seem interesting, we need to remember that patents aren’t always an indication that the company is working on a particular product.
But in the case of studio-quality over-ear headphones, we have been hearing a lot about them through various reports. Both Ming-Chi Kuo and Bloomberg have claimed that Apple is working on a pair of premium over-ear headphones. It’s being said that the high-end headphones would be designed to compete with similar offerings from Bose, Sony, and Sennheiser. Let’s not forget, Apple already sells over-ear headphones under the Beats brand.
