Amaya Toman Can you imagine your iPhone being able to read an incoming message to you in the voice of its sender? A new Apple patent suggests that we might actually be able to see this feature. You can learn more in our roundup of speculations today, where we will also talk about the introduction of an AR/VR headset at this year's WWDC or the future of the foldable iPhone.
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Introducing Apple's mixed reality headset at WWDC
A very interesting speculation emerged this week regarding Apple's upcoming mixed reality headset. According to the latest news, Apple could finally present this news at this year's WWDC conference in June. In the course of the past week, the Bloomberg agency reported this, referring to anonymous sources familiar with the topic. Well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo also promotes the theory of the introduction of the headset in the second half of this year. The xrOS operating system should run on the Headset, the price of the device should be around 3 thousand dollars according to available reports and analyses.
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Work in progress on a flexible iPhone
It looks like Apple is continuing to develop a flexible device. This is evidenced by a recent patent application that describes a new hinge for a potential flexible mobile device. When a foldable iPhone, iPad, or even MacBook Pro eventually comes to market, its folding hinge will likely look typically smooth and simple. On the inside, though, it now looks like Apple might prefer an interlocking gear design, at the very least. According to the drawings in the mentioned patent, the hinge of the future foldable Apple device could be equipped with four pairs of seemingly small gears, elaborated into a complex assembly of six static parts. The new patent appears to be more complex and detailed than earlier proposals. Let's be surprised how and if Apple will put it into practice.
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Read iMessage in the sender's voice
Do you like the idea of your iPhone reading an incoming message to you in the voice of the sender - for example, your mother, significant other, or even your boss? Maybe we'll actually see this feature. Apple recently registered a patent describing the conversion of iMessage into a voice memo that will be read by the sender's voice.
This means that when someone sends an iMessage, they can choose to attach a voice file that would be stored on the device. If this happens, the recipient will be prompted to decide whether they want to receive both the message and the voice recording. According to the patent, the iPhone in question would then create a profile of the sender's voice and then simulate it when reading the messages. The authors of the patent are Qiong Hi, Jiangchuan Li and David A. Winarsky. Winarsky is Apple's director of text-to-speech technology, Li is the lead software engineer for Siri machine learning at Apple, and Hu previously worked on Siri at the company.
