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Next MacBook with glass keys

Apple seems to continue experimenting with its keyboard for MacBook laptops. A network patent has been discovered by the company that indicates that Apple is proposing to replace the plastic keys on the keyboard with glass.
The document was completed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) last year. It describes a way to make the keyboard keys on MacBook laptops more durable.
The use of glass instead of plastic keys will preserve the presentable appearance for longer, the company said. The letters on the keys at the top are erased over time. Apple's new approach will prevent this. The document contains a schematic representation of a key in which the letter "A" is applied to the inside of the key and not to the outside, as it is now.
An interesting approach is also suggested for using backlight. The document explains that the light blocking material used on the keys will allow you to read the labels and letters on those keys without problems. Even the backlight, whose LEDs are proposed to be placed directly under the keys, will not prevent this. It is worth mentioning here that Apple suggests the use of a new backlight technology that will illuminate the keys and the letters themselves separately.



Like any tech giant, Apple has many different patents, but that does not mean that all the technologies or ideas presented in them will appear on your devices sooner or later. Either way, the development of the same announced backlight technology will take years. Although nobody excludes the possibility of the company developing it for several years. Anyway, expecting it to appear on MacBook 2020 laptops will be premature.

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