**Apple's Latest Patent Pursuits: Exploring the Future of Fingerprint Technology and Wireless Charging**

In recent months, Apple has been actively pursuing patents related to various innovative technologies that could revolutionize the way we interact with our devices. From fingerprint technology to wireless charging, Apple is on the cusp of transforming the smartphone experience.

**Ultrasonic Fingerprint Scanning: A Potential Upgrade to Face ID**

Apple is reportedly working on an ultrasonic version of fingerprint scanning technology, which uses sound waves to scan fingerprints instead of light. This method would allow for more accurate and reliable biometric authentication, potentially replacing traditional optical fingerprint sensors. The technology works by bouncing sound waves off a fingerprint and then reading the resulting patterns to identify unique characteristics. Apple's current Face ID system uses a combination of cameras and machine learning algorithms to recognize facial features, but this new approach could offer enhanced accuracy and security.

In contrast to the optical method used in traditional fingerprint sensors, which can be prone to false positives or require more complex processing power, ultrasonic scanning promises a more reliable and efficient solution. By bypassing the need for light sources and cameras, Apple may be able to improve performance and reduce costs associated with manufacturing.

**Future iPhone Models: Still Researching Fingerprint Technology?**

Recent rumors suggest that Apple is still exploring fingerprint technology as an option for future iPhone models. Despite Face ID's success, some analysts believe that Apple may have missed an opportunity by not incorporating fingerprint sensors into their devices from the outset. With reports of a potential iPhone SE 2 model featuring facial recognition as its primary biometric method, it appears that Apple is prioritizing convenience and ease of use over traditional security features.

However, this does not mean that Apple has abandoned fingerprint technology altogether. In an interview, the SVP of engineering at Apple stated that they were "way past" fingerprint technology and were focusing on Face ID as a more advanced solution. While it's unclear whether Apple will re-invest in fingerprint technology for future devices, it's possible that they may explore alternative uses for this technology, such as augmented reality applications or even potential use cases for future MacBooks.

**Fast Charging: 18W Power Adapter Included with Future iPhone?**

Lab-shared renders of a European version power adapter suggest that Apple will include an 18W fast charger in the box with future iPhone models. This would be a significant upgrade to current charging speeds, which typically top out at around 15W. With faster charging capabilities, users can quickly top off their devices without needing to charge them multiple times.

The inclusion of this power adapter would also help alleviate issues surrounding Apple's decision not to include one with previous iPhone models. The lack of a separate power charger has proven frustrating for some users, who are forced to purchase an additional adapter or rely on third-party charging solutions.

**Patents and Future Devices: Flexible Housing and Vein Imaging**

Apple has been granted several patents in recent months related to flexible housing designs and vein imaging technology. The first patent, for a free flexible housing that could be folded and unfolded, suggests that Apple is exploring ways to create devices with more adaptable form factors. This could enable the development of foldable or bendable smartphones, which would revolutionize the way we interact with our devices.

The second patent, for vein imaging detection using pulsed radiation, proposes a biometric security method that uses infrared light to scan veins in users' faces. This technology has the potential to provide enhanced security and accuracy, particularly when used in conjunction with Face ID. By analyzing the unique patterns of veins on an individual's face, this system could help prevent unauthorized access to devices.

**Wireless Charging: Apple's Air-Powered Levitation Technology**

Apple has been granted a patent for electromagnetic levitation technology that enables wireless charging in mid-air. This innovative system uses a device with a specialized pad to levitate and charge a device while it rotates slowly. While this technology may not be entirely new, its potential applications could lead to significant advancements in wireless charging.

The ability to wirelessly charge devices while they're airborne would open up new possibilities for smart home automation, IoT devices, and even public spaces like museums or exhibitions. Apple's implementation of this technology would likely require some form of sensor or tracking system to ensure safe and efficient charging.

**iOS 12 Beta: What to Expect from Apple's Latest Update**

The next installment in the iOS beta series is just around the corner, with Apple set to release iOS 12 Beta 1 in the coming weeks. This update promises a slew of exciting features, including potential enhancements to Face ID, new color options for this year's iPhone, and possibly even fingerprint technology integration into screen displays.

While these rumors are still speculative at this point, they suggest that Apple is committed to improving user experience across its ecosystem. With continued innovation in areas like AI, machine learning, and biometric security, it's clear that Apple will continue to push the boundaries of what's possible with smartphones.

**Conclusion**

As we move forward into a new year, it's clear that Apple is poised for significant innovation in various areas. From fingerprint technology to wireless charging, the company is investing heavily in technologies that could revolutionize the way we interact with our devices. While some features may remain speculative or subject to change, one thing is certain: Apple's commitment to pushing the boundaries of what's possible will continue to shape the future of smartphones and beyond.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey what's going on guys got quite the update for you today lots of juicy stuff ranging from iOS 12 to the new iPhone supposedly coming in several new colors new features and beyond that in the future Apple's got some crazy stuff cooking it's been granted several patents that will do a variety of things that make the future quite interesting so lots to talk about let's get right into it and I want to start off with iOS 12 so what you're seeing here this is the new invites that was sent out to the press today and at first glance it's not too interesting but then you really get the picture here that there's a 3d aspect going on here I mean it's just a switch but developer Rambo in his tweets speculates that this could be a 3d redesign for iOS 12 now I know that's a far-fetched idea but realistically looking at the WWDC like promo images you can see there's a theme of 3d depth to it so we're looking at things in the isometric view and it really could mean that Iowa's 12 coming in the future here just a couple weeks gonna be seeing the first beta a WWDC could actually have a new 3d elements and my take on this is that it's somewhat like the parallax effect you know when you go in the home screen and move your screen around you get kind of this 3d effect what if Apple implemented that everywhere in iOS using face id8 tracking like it'll see where you're looking and according to that will give you slightly 3d depth effect in certain menus the such and I think that could be very interesting you mean Apple would be doing something pretty unique with face ID actually applying it to the interface and of course that's far-fetched it doesn't tell us much it's literally just a 3d icon but the gif formats actually has a new animation as well so it has this little pop and it just looks so satisfying imagine if Apple is overhauling the animations in iowa's 12 and from this I guess the actually could be because we don't see that kind of animation anywhere else in iOS currently so not only could we be seeing a new 3d depth effect Apple could be completely reimagining the animations in iOS as well and we've heard the Iowas 12 won't be a major redesign that was postponed for iOS 13 but that doesn't mean that we won't have new animations which could actually change the way you use iOS so much make it so much more satisfying and the 3d depth effect of course could be seeing now so that's quite interesting what do you guys make of this I want to hear from you leave below and from the guy that brought you the Iowa's 12 concept I shared on the channel not too long ago álvaro he actually just released a new concepts pertaining to Apple music and it is absolutely fabulous he imagines that in iOS 12 Apple will finally a revamp music once again and honestly I don't like what they did with it the iOS 9 music player was the best and they went backwards with iOS 10 and 11 so going forward I think that using this concept as a basis Apple could certainly improve that so much you've got improved actual charts today view even the social media aspect of music could be improved the overall visuals would be a little bit more compact there'd be more going on but you'd be getting a better idea overall it's still very simple very clean I just like the way that he put this concept together and Apple certainly could learn a thing or two from it I mean Apple music right now is just unintuitive there's so much going on especially if you don't have Apple music there's a lot of extra stuff in there that you don't need so what a great concept you guys can check it out down below in the description I'll leave a link but prepare to be disappointed when the real iowa's hulk drops because usually Apple doesn't take our suggestions into account and while we're on the topic of I was 12 I wanted to throw into this concept this is a redesign of the actual contacts application by Jackson Suarez key and inside you can see that things have become much simpler it's not just a simple list everything is organized you have these little squares with some quick shortcuts in there and if you really think about it the contacts application is essentially the same one we've had since iOS 1 the first iPhone so Apple could certainly reimagine it and this also is a very great foundation for Apple to take some inspiration from so later this year the 6.1 inch iPhone LCD model also known as the budget and model Apple will be launching this year may actually come in several new colors this is coming from a Rosenblatt analyst he's saying that Apple needs a way to differentiate the lineup currently you know if they shared all the same colors they'd be very similar phones it'd be very hard for consumers to tell them apart and a very good way to separate the lineup would be to actually offer different color choices the iPhone 10 and 10 plus would get the more premium colors likely a new Gold option as well while these would be a blue yellow and a pink color so we made up some renders real quick to go along with this and change our design slightly even more of an iPhone I've see appearance with the lens as you can see as it just slopes up there very cool very simple we did it also in a metal finish and a plastic finish just to give you that idea and it very much reminds me of the iPhone 5c this certainly isn't the first time Apple has done something like this a strategy like it's the colorful iPhone 5c although it wasn't very popular still very cool of Apple to do that and they may be doing a throwback to it later this year with the budget and 6.1 inch model and also somewhat similar I wanted to share Martinez X version of this this is his render of the iPhone 10 or 10 C as he said if it were to come out later this year what it would look like in possibly a plastic finish also very cool something that Apple could certainly do with the 6.1 gel CD model but obviously it will not have the dual lens camera on the rear so that's a pretty neat version of the same concept and I also wanted to throw in at this so this is our render our look at the iPhone 10 and 10 plus with a larger rear dual lens in the last update video we talked about how Mac takara said the new iPhone coming out later this year the sensor sizes would be increasing so you can get possibly better quality from the camera and as a result the actual lens will be increasing in size as well so I imagined it would grow about 25 to 30 percent and respectively added that difference on this render as you can see it's slightly larger doesn't look out of place or anything you'd be getting better quality and you'd barely even notice it so I just wanted to see what that bothered me at all if it was way bigger or anything and I really don't think it will and from that same source the rosenblatt analyst is saying next year Apple will indeed be releasing a triple lens camera so this is already the third source that is confirming this will be happening this isn't something obscene I mean it's already being done on the Huawei p20 pro so Apple could certainly be implementing it and three people already think that is the case now the last thing that he detailed in this report is that next year's iPhone will also have a 3d sensing module in the rear so it'll be using slightly different technology versus face ID instead of the dot matrix it will be using a technology called time of flight where it throws a laser into the room and it measures the amount of time it takes for that laser to come back and hit the camera and with this technology you can get better AR capability more accurately judge where items are being placed in the room and so on so Apple definitely wants to increase the AR capabilities iPhones going forward and that's a technology that if they did have it it make it so much better so this next report doesn't really make much sense to me but apparently it's happening a report from Korea is saying that Apple has not ditched the embedded fingerprint sensor completely they're still looking to make it happen by seeking patents to make it work both Apple and Samsung so their version is an ultrasonic version not the optical version that I'm showing you this basically bounces light off my fingerprint and then back to the sensor to read the fingerprint apples would actually scan at the fingerprint and get up close and see all the micro ridges and as such so it'd be more accurate the yield rate would be smaller but apparently Apple is not done with the fingerprint sensor and that certainly makes sense because the recent iPhone se 2 rumors we've heard would not have faced ID what in its place would have possibly this technology but the source says it wouldn't happen until late 2019 to early 2020 if it were to although I have high doubts that they would do this in an interview the SVP of engineering at Apple said they were way past fingerprint technology they weren't looking back face ID was better in almost every single way so it doesn't make sense why Apple would still be researching this maybe for other products potentially the iPad but that's rumored to get faced ID maybe future MacBooks will use this we really don't know but it would be cool to see in a knife when I'd honestly prefer this technology if it was anywhere on the display over face ID so we'll have to see what happens still far out and there's even more evidence that a fast charger 18 watts will be included in this year's iPhone box charger lab shared these renders this is the European version of the power adapter 18 watts that's USB c2 lightning that'll charge this year's iPhone and supposedly this is included in the box that'd be a pretty good value because Apple currently makes you buy a separate adapter separate power cable and its really annoying having to do that spend extra money when you just spent so much on this iPhone and it doesn't even support it out of the box and in the last few weeks Apple's been winning a lot of patents very interesting stuff and it's all stuff that they can use in future iPhones so I want to start off with this one they want to patent free flexible housing for an iPhone a housing that you can possibly fold a little bit then unfold or even possibly fold in a half and it includes a flexible display patent as well that could be used in potential future Apple watches and I presume they could use that to make the Apple watch experience a little bit more immersive if they can make the display wrap around the edges slightly it'll give it more of a 3d effect using this technology so very cool that they have these and they've been winning so many pads for flexible devices in the last few months and with the rumors we've been hearing that we might be seeing flexible devices Apple really is pushing hard for this whole flexible or folding phone and device thing this next one is called the vein imaging using detection of pulsed radiation sounds dangerous and scary but really it would make your phone more secure alongside face ID this feature would actually scan the veins in your face and looking beyond your skin yes you have a lot of veins in your face they're pretty unique to you and this could actually solve a problem where twins could unlock the same a phone because they have a very similar facial structure but beyond that's if Apple wanted to make it even more particular they can implement this and it would work even on twins as everybody does have a unique vein structure and this one's got to be the coolest of the bunch Apple has been granted a patent for an electromagnetic levitation device where with this technology you can possibly set a device to charge on this sort of pad and there would even be an option software wise to enable a slight rotation or a spin to have your device just charge and spin at the same time in midair now we've already seen stuff like this it's on the market with speakers usually they don't charge while they're up in there in fact I don't think any of them can but they just sit up there and they can spin wall up in the air it's nothing really unique but to have it charge while being up there is really a wow factor and I can see that air power possibly in the future implementing this making it just seem really cool even though it's just using basic science to raise it the whole wireless charging part would be really cool while in the air though all right guys so that's the latest on Apple moving on Iowa's twelve beta one coming out here in just a couple weeks I am so excited I have a lot of faith in an apple that they're gonna do something right maybe we'll get that 3d effect supposedly in iOS 12 and new colors for this year's iPhone 6.1 inch possibly fingerprint technology in the screens coming back so a lot of great stuff in there stay tuned for the next one I'll try and keep you guys updated peacehey what's going on guys got quite the update for you today lots of juicy stuff ranging from iOS 12 to the new iPhone supposedly coming in several new colors new features and beyond that in the future Apple's got some crazy stuff cooking it's been granted several patents that will do a variety of things that make the future quite interesting so lots to talk about let's get right into it and I want to start off with iOS 12 so what you're seeing here this is the new invites that was sent out to the press today and at first glance it's not too interesting but then you really get the picture here that there's a 3d aspect going on here I mean it's just a switch but developer Rambo in his tweets speculates that this could be a 3d redesign for iOS 12 now I know that's a far-fetched idea but realistically looking at the WWDC like promo images you can see there's a theme of 3d depth to it so we're looking at things in the isometric view and it really could mean that Iowa's 12 coming in the future here just a couple weeks gonna be seeing the first beta a WWDC could actually have a new 3d elements and my take on this is that it's somewhat like the parallax effect you know when you go in the home screen and move your screen around you get kind of this 3d effect what if Apple implemented that everywhere in iOS using face id8 tracking like it'll see where you're looking and according to that will give you slightly 3d depth effect in certain menus the such and I think that could be very interesting you mean Apple would be doing something pretty unique with face ID actually applying it to the interface and of course that's far-fetched it doesn't tell us much it's literally just a 3d icon but the gif formats actually has a new animation as well so it has this little pop and it just looks so satisfying imagine if Apple is overhauling the animations in iowa's 12 and from this I guess the actually could be because we don't see that kind of animation anywhere else in iOS currently so not only could we be seeing a new 3d depth effect Apple could be completely reimagining the animations in iOS as well and we've heard the Iowas 12 won't be a major redesign that was postponed for iOS 13 but that doesn't mean that we won't have new animations which could actually change the way you use iOS so much make it so much more satisfying and the 3d depth effect of course could be seeing now so that's quite interesting what do you guys make of this I want to hear from you leave below and from the guy that brought you the Iowa's 12 concept I shared on the channel not too long ago álvaro he actually just released a new concepts pertaining to Apple music and it is absolutely fabulous he imagines that in iOS 12 Apple will finally a revamp music once again and honestly I don't like what they did with it the iOS 9 music player was the best and they went backwards with iOS 10 and 11 so going forward I think that using this concept as a basis Apple could certainly improve that so much you've got improved actual charts today view even the social media aspect of music could be improved the overall visuals would be a little bit more compact there'd be more going on but you'd be getting a better idea overall it's still very simple very clean I just like the way that he put this concept together and Apple certainly could learn a thing or two from it I mean Apple music right now is just unintuitive there's so much going on especially if you don't have Apple music there's a lot of extra stuff in there that you don't need so what a great concept you guys can check it out down below in the description I'll leave a link but prepare to be disappointed when the real iowa's hulk drops because usually Apple doesn't take our suggestions into account and while we're on the topic of I was 12 I wanted to throw into this concept this is a redesign of the actual contacts application by Jackson Suarez key and inside you can see that things have become much simpler it's not just a simple list everything is organized you have these little squares with some quick shortcuts in there and if you really think about it the contacts application is essentially the same one we've had since iOS 1 the first iPhone so Apple could certainly reimagine it and this also is a very great foundation for Apple to take some inspiration from so later this year the 6.1 inch iPhone LCD model also known as the budget and model Apple will be launching this year may actually come in several new colors this is coming from a Rosenblatt analyst he's saying that Apple needs a way to differentiate the lineup currently you know if they shared all the same colors they'd be very similar phones it'd be very hard for consumers to tell them apart and a very good way to separate the lineup would be to actually offer different color choices the iPhone 10 and 10 plus would get the more premium colors likely a new Gold option as well while these would be a blue yellow and a pink color so we made up some renders real quick to go along with this and change our design slightly even more of an iPhone I've see appearance with the lens as you can see as it just slopes up there very cool very simple we did it also in a metal finish and a plastic finish just to give you that idea and it very much reminds me of the iPhone 5c this certainly isn't the first time Apple has done something like this a strategy like it's the colorful iPhone 5c although it wasn't very popular still very cool of Apple to do that and they may be doing a throwback to it later this year with the budget and 6.1 inch model and also somewhat similar I wanted to share Martinez X version of this this is his render of the iPhone 10 or 10 C as he said if it were to come out later this year what it would look like in possibly a plastic finish also very cool something that Apple could certainly do with the 6.1 gel CD model but obviously it will not have the dual lens camera on the rear so that's a pretty neat version of the same concept and I also wanted to throw in at this so this is our render our look at the iPhone 10 and 10 plus with a larger rear dual lens in the last update video we talked about how Mac takara said the new iPhone coming out later this year the sensor sizes would be increasing so you can get possibly better quality from the camera and as a result the actual lens will be increasing in size as well so I imagined it would grow about 25 to 30 percent and respectively added that difference on this render as you can see it's slightly larger doesn't look out of place or anything you'd be getting better quality and you'd barely even notice it so I just wanted to see what that bothered me at all if it was way bigger or anything and I really don't think it will and from that same source the rosenblatt analyst is saying next year Apple will indeed be releasing a triple lens camera so this is already the third source that is confirming this will be happening this isn't something obscene I mean it's already being done on the Huawei p20 pro so Apple could certainly be implementing it and three people already think that is the case now the last thing that he detailed in this report is that next year's iPhone will also have a 3d sensing module in the rear so it'll be using slightly different technology versus face ID instead of the dot matrix it will be using a technology called time of flight where it throws a laser into the room and it measures the amount of time it takes for that laser to come back and hit the camera and with this technology you can get better AR capability more accurately judge where items are being placed in the room and so on so Apple definitely wants to increase the AR capabilities iPhones going forward and that's a technology that if they did have it it make it so much better so this next report doesn't really make much sense to me but apparently it's happening a report from Korea is saying that Apple has not ditched the embedded fingerprint sensor completely they're still looking to make it happen by seeking patents to make it work both Apple and Samsung so their version is an ultrasonic version not the optical version that I'm showing you this basically bounces light off my fingerprint and then back to the sensor to read the fingerprint apples would actually scan at the fingerprint and get up close and see all the micro ridges and as such so it'd be more accurate the yield rate would be smaller but apparently Apple is not done with the fingerprint sensor and that certainly makes sense because the recent iPhone se 2 rumors we've heard would not have faced ID what in its place would have possibly this technology but the source says it wouldn't happen until late 2019 to early 2020 if it were to although I have high doubts that they would do this in an interview the SVP of engineering at Apple said they were way past fingerprint technology they weren't looking back face ID was better in almost every single way so it doesn't make sense why Apple would still be researching this maybe for other products potentially the iPad but that's rumored to get faced ID maybe future MacBooks will use this we really don't know but it would be cool to see in a knife when I'd honestly prefer this technology if it was anywhere on the display over face ID so we'll have to see what happens still far out and there's even more evidence that a fast charger 18 watts will be included in this year's iPhone box charger lab shared these renders this is the European version of the power adapter 18 watts that's USB c2 lightning that'll charge this year's iPhone and supposedly this is included in the box that'd be a pretty good value because Apple currently makes you buy a separate adapter separate power cable and its really annoying having to do that spend extra money when you just spent so much on this iPhone and it doesn't even support it out of the box and in the last few weeks Apple's been winning a lot of patents very interesting stuff and it's all stuff that they can use in future iPhones so I want to start off with this one they want to patent free flexible housing for an iPhone a housing that you can possibly fold a little bit then unfold or even possibly fold in a half and it includes a flexible display patent as well that could be used in potential future Apple watches and I presume they could use that to make the Apple watch experience a little bit more immersive if they can make the display wrap around the edges slightly it'll give it more of a 3d effect using this technology so very cool that they have these and they've been winning so many pads for flexible devices in the last few months and with the rumors we've been hearing that we might be seeing flexible devices Apple really is pushing hard for this whole flexible or folding phone and device thing this next one is called the vein imaging using detection of pulsed radiation sounds dangerous and scary but really it would make your phone more secure alongside face ID this feature would actually scan the veins in your face and looking beyond your skin yes you have a lot of veins in your face they're pretty unique to you and this could actually solve a problem where twins could unlock the same a phone because they have a very similar facial structure but beyond that's if Apple wanted to make it even more particular they can implement this and it would work even on twins as everybody does have a unique vein structure and this one's got to be the coolest of the bunch Apple has been granted a patent for an electromagnetic levitation device where with this technology you can possibly set a device to charge on this sort of pad and there would even be an option software wise to enable a slight rotation or a spin to have your device just charge and spin at the same time in midair now we've already seen stuff like this it's on the market with speakers usually they don't charge while they're up in there in fact I don't think any of them can but they just sit up there and they can spin wall up in the air it's nothing really unique but to have it charge while being up there is really a wow factor and I can see that air power possibly in the future implementing this making it just seem really cool even though it's just using basic science to raise it the whole wireless charging part would be really cool while in the air though all right guys so that's the latest on Apple moving on Iowa's twelve beta one coming out here in just a couple weeks I am so excited I have a lot of faith in an apple that they're gonna do something right maybe we'll get that 3d effect supposedly in iOS 12 and new colors for this year's iPhone 6.1 inch possibly fingerprint technology in the screens coming back so a lot of great stuff in there stay tuned for the next one I'll try and keep you guys updated peace\n"