Here is some good news for Apple Watch owners or those planning to purchase the smartwatch in the future. If Apple implements a new patent granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), soon the smartwatch could be used to control the volume of an iPhone.
The new patent, titled "Volume Control for Mobile Device Using a Wireless Device," will ensure all notifications on a user's iPhone are played at an appropriate volume employing the Apple Watch's ambient audio samples, CuloffMac reported.
In fact, the latest patent may prove to be useful in several situations. For instance, if a user is attending a noisy party, the iPhone will automatically amplify the volume when someone makes a call. On the other hand, the technology will also be useful when the user is in a peaceful environment and would not want his/ her iPhone to shatter the silence.
Moreover, the Cupertino tech titan may possibly use the technology enhance or decrease the time taken by a users to turn on "Hey, Siri." The new technology may turn out to be a wide-ranging feature for the iPhone, as the patent also refers to some other modifications in the smartphone's features and settings using the same process.
To order to achieve these modifications, Apple will be employing the in-built microphone of Apple Watch to take hold of a sample ringtone of the smartphone and employ it to regulate the volume of a paired iPhone accordingly, IB Times reported.
The new technology is indeed a fascinating idea, which would not only tie the Apple Watch and iPhone together, but can achieve much more.
It is worth noting here that Apple was granted several patents earlier too, but the company did not implement all of them. So, as of now, it is not certain when the Cupertino tech titan will use the technology in its product, or whether it will use it at all. The smartwatch maker filed this patent application on Sept. 10, 2015. The credit for the new invention has been accorded to the company's software engineers David Shoemaker and Eugene Dvortsov.
It is expected that Apple will release the second-gen Apple Watch sometime during the second half of 2016 along with the purported iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. Meanwhile, the company is likely to release a new 4-inch iPhone, dubbed as the iPhone 5se, the iPad Air 3 and a set of new Apple Watch bands at an event scheduled for March.
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