A Find My Apple Pencil feature could be in the works, but it's probably going to require a future stylus from Apple capable of vibrating when nearby.
A future Apple Pencil might let you find it via the Find My app
Patents
Apple wins a patent for immersive video streaming for its rumored headset
Apple has been granted a patent for immersive video streaming for a future mixed-reality headset, which is supposed to be one of its killer features.
Apple Pencil could gain optical sensors to sample surface color and texture
An unreleased third-generation Apple Pencil featuring optical sensors for detecting a surface's color and texture has been detailed in a patent filing.
Body temperature sensing could also come to AirPods and Apple Watch bands
Apple is researching an AirPods body temperature sensor and one that could be integrated into fabric-based bands for the Apple Watch.
Here’s how Apple will reduce the notch in the upcoming iPhone 14
An Apple patent reveals how the company will decrease the size of the iPhone 14's notch by using a light-folding infrared projector instead of a standard one.
Additional Apple Pencil gestures such as rolling and sliding surface in a patent
Apple may be working on additional Apple Pencil gestures on top of the double-tap, such as rolling and sliding motions, triple-taps and more.
Unreleased Apple Watch body temperature sensor revealed in Apple’s new patent
A new patent for an Apple Watch body temperature sensor suggests that this feature might make its debut in the upcoming Apple Watch Series 8.
Apple wants to fit a camera into the Apple Watch’s Digital Crown
Apple may have found the percent place to fit a camera lens into a future Apple Watch model as a new patent filing reveals that the company did toy with the idea of embedding a dedicated camera inside the device's Digital Crown button.
Apple details how eye gaze technology could be used in its mixed reality headset
Apple's rumored mixed reality headset could take advantage of eye gaze sensors and internal cameras to let you select objects like text fields with your eyes.
Apple patents a smart sleep mask with integrated AirPods and biometric sensors
An Apple smart eye mask would feature integrated speakers a la AirPods along with biometric sensors, including sensors to monitor your eye and brain activity.
Magic Keyboard could one day become even more magical as Apple patent imagines integrating an entire Mac within a keyboard
A new Apple patent application suggests exploratory work on a Raspberry Pi 440-like computer/keyboard combo that'd put an entire Mac within a Magic Keyboard.
AirPods user authentication could verify your identity by checking your ear canal
Apple has been researching AirPods user authentication technology that promises to verify your identity by checking the shape of your ear canal.