Apple has reported being researching an AirPods case with a built-in interactive touchscreen. The case would allow users to control music playback, answer phone calls, and more without taking their iPhone out of their pocket. So….basically an iPod? We have now seen portable music technology come full circle.
“There is a need for a headphone case device that can control operations that are traditionally associated with headphones (e.g., playback controls, changing audio sources, changing audio output modes, etc.). There is a further need for a headphone case that can also convey information to a user, through haptics…