Apple Reportedly Working on MacBook with 'Glass Keyboard'

Apple a year ago faced some backlash on its 2nd-gen ‘Butterfly’ keyboard that apparently was prone to dust and debris. The firm later presented third gen keyboard with the new 2018 MacBook models. But, it would seem that future MacBook models may have a keyboard that not prone to dust and made out of glass.

The new design is found in the most recent patent application that the iPhone maker received recently. "The gadget of claim 1, wherein: the variety of raised key regions forms a keyboard of the gadget; the glass top case further defines a touch-input region along a side of the keyboard; the input includes a force applied to the raised key region of the variety of raised key regions; the raised key regions is designed to locally deflect in response to the applied force; and the sensing system is configured to: recognize the local deflection of the raised key region; and detect touch inputs applied to the touch-input region,” says one of the statements in the patent.

What's comprehended is that the 'glass' keys won't have much travel time like the traditional keyboards. As referenced by the Cult of Mac site, the design of the keyboard could be like that of Apple's Smart Keyboard Folio aside from that with a glass coating instead of the single cloth texture.

The design however is not limited to the keys only. The patent application additionally discusses the touchpad. "The glass top case may further define a touch-input region along a side of the keyboard," says one of the lines, which could be for the touchpad. It also says "The gadget further includes a second display positioned below the glass top case; and the second display is aligned with the transparent portion of the glass top case," which could be for the TouchBar.

Whatever might be the case, it looks like there is a lot of time before we see something like this, in actuality.

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