A new patent points to an Apple keyboard with a removable key that turns into a mouse. Here are all the details on this.

If there is one thing that all foldable phones have in common, it’s the fact that they have unsightly creases where their screens fold. A new Apple patent might take things in a slightly different direction, though.

A slew of patents filed by Apple and published by the Japan Patent Office (JPO) on December 23, 2019, suggests that Cupertino-based Apple Inc. is working on an all-screen iPhone.

Apple is under the impression that it could dramatically enhance the Apple Pencil experience with a future hardware iteration. Apple Pencil has already revolutionized input on a tablet, but a recently granted patent suggests that Apple isn’t quite done yet and could introduce what is being referred to as an “adjustable handheld stylus.”

According to a new Apple patent, the company might be looking into using its iconic logo as some sort of notification light. It could show an “incoming communication” or “calendar reminder” by changing the appearance of the Apple logo so that it can alert users.

Apple applied for a Face ID for Mac patent all the way back in 2017 and now that patent has been granted. Notably, the version of Face ID that this patent applies to was prior to the iPhone X’s announcement and the technology appears to be more advanced than the one that is used in current iPhones.

The Apple Watch Series 4 is already a huge hit with buyers, but there’s one thing the wearable still lacks that many believe it needs – a camera. And according to a new patent that was granted yesterday, Apple may have the solution.

The folding phone concept may have suffered a blow when Samsung was forced to delay the launch of its Galaxy Fold due to failing displays but that doesn’t mean the foldable revolution won’t come around eventually. Apple knows that as much as anyone, and it’s been granted a new patent for a foldable iPhone.

Now that we not only have Face ID on the iPhone, but the iPad as well, the obvious question is when we will see the same face-sensing technology arrive on the Mac. Even better, we might even be getting the Touch Bar on Magic Keyboards, too.

Apple is said to be looking at new cable solutions, and they sound eerily familiar. That’s because the company is apparently considering new cables that connect to devices using magnets, which should sound familiar to any long-time Mac user.

Apple’s new patent focuses on finding a way to prevent a screen from being damaged after many foldings, something that the patent itself suggests is a bigger issue when the display is cold and less flexible.

Hot on the heels of the Samsung Galaxy Fold device that was announced recently, attention has predictably turned to whether Apple will follow suit. For now, we’re not so sure but a recently found patent for a folding phone, of Apple origin, won’t stop people from getting their hopes up.