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Gurman: Voice Control for Next Magic Mouse 'Makes Sense'
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No buttons because most people understand how to use it. You may not. By all means use something else.
Razor sharp edges? (Checks mouse) Nope.
Probably a billion sold, and most users use that mouse without issue. Most users, except for gamers, don't seem to have a problem with it.
The charging port is a tiny issue every couple of months. I can see that even that bugs you.
The apple mouse uses laser, not infrared. Laser is more accurate, works on more surfaces and has superceded infrared in mice for many years already.
Why? The Mac has a microphone in it. What use would a mouse have for one? Especially since Apple will probably put it on the bottom.
Just wait for Apple to make it. Someone here will find a few good reasons to justify it.
Siri: Sorry, i don't know that song. Shall I search on the internet?
Such a good opportunity to add an action button. Imagine a legit ergonomic mouse with an area for your thumb with a little action button you can map to anything
It's still infrared. Which is the point, that's it's infrared as opposed to visible light. It's an infrared laser. And it uses a laser diode, which is a form of LED (Although yes, in common usage, people generally do separate "laser diode" from "LED", a laser diode is just a specialized *FORM* of LED.) If you're going to be pedantic to "correct" people, at least be accurately pedantic.
You know what I would love when it comes to keyboards?
I’d love for Apple to release standard keycaps with a standalone TouchID sensor. Even if they only worked together with Apple devices, it would give Mac owners access to the world of mechanical keyboards without sacrificing TouchID.
I’d love for Apple to release standard keycaps with a standalone TouchID sensor. Even if they only worked together with Apple devices, it would give Mac owners access to the world of mechanical keyboards without sacrificing TouchID.
Makes sense?! For what?! Most computers already have a mic, and for those who doesn’t, the mouse is probably the worst place to position one.
Exact my first thought on this. Wasn‘t there a similar episode on DS9 with Quark trying to talk to a computer this way?
Any device this mouse will be used with has voice control built in.
Adding it to the mouse is a complete and utter waste of time and money.
Adding it to the mouse is a complete and utter waste of time and money.
Mac minis don't have a mic. And neither do MacBooks when they are closed according to a quick dirty Google.
So (in that world) it makes sense to add voice to a peripheral.
I'm not sure how it would be the worst place to add one. It's close to the user after all.
the problem to overcome is the hand on it and resulting muffling/noise. But it's not like they don't have noise canceling tech and other ways of mitigating that. Would it be enough? maybe ...maybe not.
edit: also, worst case, would it be terrible if the Magic Mouse you were buying anyway also functioned as a mic as long as your hand wasn't on it?
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This strike me as a pretty dumb idea but I do have a limited imagination. What I would be hoping for in a next generation mouse would be a mouse that could be charged by a Qi-enabled pad. Then you wouldn't need to worry about charging it ever. That would be a big improvement even if you couldn't have a meaningful conversation with your mouse.
An upcoming version of the Magic Mouse with voice control for AI would "make sense," Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said today, though he claimed that he has heard no rumors about the feature so far.
A report from Korean leaker "yeux1222" this morning suggested that Apple has created a prototype Magic Mouse that includes a mix of touch, voice controls, and hand gestures. Gurman said on social media that the functionality is logical in light of AI, but he also claimed that the rumor is "just an incorrect back-and-forth translation" of a line from a report that he shared earlier in December about a future Magic Mouse.
It's not clear whether the rumor from yeux1222 is based on Gurman's original report, but Gurman did clarify today that Apple plans to focus on a more ergonomic design and unspecified gestures with the refreshed mouse.
If voice control is included in the next Magic Mouse, it could be used for Apple Intelligence, with users perhaps able to summon Siri or perform specific actions using voice-based commands. Gurman claims that even if there isn't a clear use case in the near future due to Macs already supporting such voice-based features, there could be one in five to 10 years.
Adding voice control to the Magic Mouse could be done for future proofing given the long update cycle. So far, Apple has not frequently updated the Magic Mouse, and it has not received notable updates since the Magic Mouse 2 was introduced in 2019. In fact, Apple has only added new colors and swapped the Lightning port for a USB-C port.
Earlier this month, Gurman said that Apple is planning a "full overhaul" of the Magic Mouse, with a more modern design. He said that Apple will finally move the charging port from the bottom of the device to an easier to access location, but he did not mention voice controls or gesture support at the time.
Both Gurman and the information shared by yeux1222 suggest that the Magic Mouse will launch in 2026, and it is possible it will come alongside an OLED MacBook Pro, which is also rumored to launch that year.
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Voice control makes zero sense. What would make sense would be to move the charging port to the front of the mouse, making the mouse more ergonomic, making the edges of the mouse less sharp, making the arrow keys on the keyboard full sized, and bringing the price down