Apple may be considering adding a Camera Control button to a future iPad
A newly-revealed patent details a button that can be swiped as well as pressed. It's the iPhone's Camera Control button, and it may be coming to the iPad . Detail from the patent showing an iPad with Camera Control - image credit: Apple Introduced in 2024 with the iPhone 16 range, the Camera Control button has been sufficiently divisive that Apple is even rumored to be dropping it entirely . That's unlikely, if not impossible, and now a newly-granted patent suggests that Apple at least used to have big plans for the button. That's big as in the device it would go on. The innocuously-named "Input System for Portable Electronic Device" patent chiefly consists of drawings of iPads. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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A newly-revealed patent details a button that can be swiped as well as pressed. It's the iPhone's Camera Control button, and it may be coming to the iPad . Detail from the patent showing an iPad with Camera Control - image credit: Apple Introduced in 2024 with the iPhone 16 range, the Camera Control button has been sufficiently divisive that Apple is even rumored to be dropping it entirely . That's unlikely, if not impossible, and now a newly-granted patent suggests that Apple at least used to have big plans for the button. That's big as in the device it would go on. The innocuously-named "Input System for Portable Electronic Device" patent chiefly consists of drawings of iPads. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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A newly-revealed patent details a button that can be swiped as well as pressed.
It's the iPhone's Camera Control button, and it may be coming to the iPad .
Detail from the patent showing an iPad with Camera Control - image credit: Apple Introduced in 2024 with the iPhone 16 range, the Camera Control button has been sufficiently divisive that Apple is even rumored to be dropping it entirely .
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