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A swish-looking AirPods Pro case has appeared online that sports a touchscreen OLED panel – much like an Apple patent that emerged a while ago.
We’re seeing more and more cases forwireless earbudsappearing on the market with touchscreens built into them right now.
The latest is a third-party case for theAirPods Pro, filling a gap thatApplehasn’t yet addressed itself, despite a patent from a few years ago.
That patent showed Apple was looking into the possibility of adding a small touchscreen to itsAirPodscases, but nothing has come of it yet.
Air pods with old display https://t.co/wxv0oRl2Is pic.twitter.com/TNIjMSw32vMarch 13, 2024
Air pods with old display https://t.co/wxv0oRl2Is pic.twitter.com/TNIjMSw32vMarch 13, 2024
It looks like the case has the exact same dimensions as Apple’s own version, including the lanyard holes that were added recently, so it’s a one-to-one recreation, with some added utility.
There’s a small OLED display embedded in the charging case that displays a bunch of useful information, including the charge status of each individual earbud.
It has touchscreen controls too, so it looks like it can stay connected to your phone and be used as a control hub for your audio playback, skipping or pausing tracks as you like.
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Airpods with OLED screen 🥴 pic.twitter.com/20tGwm022YMarch 14, 2024
Airpods with OLED screen 🥴 pic.twitter.com/20tGwm022YMarch 14, 2024
After all, while the version being showcased here is solid enough for an unofficial case, it’s still somewhat grainy and doesn’t look like the fanciest display (even if it’s OLED).
You can easily imagine how premium Apple would go if it was looking to overtake this sort of offering with an in-house version.
Plus, with its own chips now present in most bits of the AirPods ecosystem, it might have the ability to keep your case connected when it’s in use without draining its battery life too noticeably, one of the possible downsides of adding both a screen and controls.
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