Apple's Next Big Thing: The Apple Ring

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According to an Apple patent just published by The United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Cupertino tech giant might be working on a device smaller than the Apple Watch, a possible "Apple Ring" that would allow users to control other electronic devices using a touchscreen mounted on a ring.
"A user controls an external electronic device with a finger-ring-mounted touchscreen that includes a computer processor, wireless transceiver, and rechargeable power source," as described in the "Apple Ring" patent.

The patent goes on to detail the components used to build such a device, a processor, a touchscreen, a wireless transceiver and a rechargeable power source being just some of them.

Moreover, the "Devices and Methods for a Ring Computing Device" patent discloses that a future "Apple Ring" might also include a microphone that would allow the user to control using voice commands, a diminutive Siri possibly being involved.

 

[jamescv7]

In such technology, it become so much practical to make ordinary things into something new which sizes doesn't matter at all, as long basic features are covered. That's how big impact if its patented as it binds to be a competition to develop something new.