Future Apple Vision Pro headsets could get an Action Button

Apple is researching how to best add a touch-sensitive component that a user can customize to the Apple Vision Pro, that is very much like the Action Button on the iPhone.Detail from the patent showing a top down view of one possible location for a touch-sensitive control on Apple Vision ProIf it works, add it to everything. The Action Button started life on the Apple Watch Ultra in 2022, but then came to the iPhone 15 Pro, and is now on all models of the iPhone 16.Now a newly-granted patent shows that Apple has fully researched giving the Apple Vision Pro an Action Button in the form of a touch-sensitive region. The patent, originally filed in June 2023, is called "Electronic Devices with Finger Sensors." Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Apr 1, 2025 - 19:26

Future Apple Vision Pro headsets could get an Action Button

Apple is researching how to best add a touch-sensitive component that a user can customize to the Apple Vision Pro, that is very much like the Action Button on the iPhone.

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Detail from the patent showing a top down view of one possible location for a touch-sensitive control on Apple Vision Pro

If it works, add it to everything. The Action Button started life on the Apple Watch Ultra in 2022, but then came to the iPhone 15 Pro, and is now on all models of the iPhone 16.

Now a newly-granted patent shows that Apple has fully researched giving the Apple Vision Pro an Action Button in the form of a touch-sensitive region. The patent, originally filed in June 2023, is called "Electronic Devices with Finger Sensors."

Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums