AirPods Max 2 could have touch controls instead of Digital Crown

Recently, Cupertino was granted a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for processing gestures on touch surfaces. The publication claims that this isn't the first time Apple has been granted a patent regarding AirPods Max touch controls, as it has at least three other filings regarding the technology.

Apple's abstract states that an electronic device includes: at least a first touch-sensitive surface; one or more processors; and a memory configured to store one or more processes configured to be executed by the one or more processors. and a program, the one or more programs including instructions to: detect a first gesture at at least a first touch-sensitive surface, including detecting a direction of the one or more processors with respect to the first gesture of the touch-sensitive surface; and respond Upon detecting the first gesture: based on determining that the electronic device is in the first device orientation and the direction of the first gesture corresponds to the first predetermined direction, perform the first action;

Touch controls on AirPods Max 2 make it easier to skip songs, invoke Siri, turn the volume up or down, and more. As of now, having the Digital Crown remains a very clever and unique feature of Apple's premium headphones. Towards the end of 2020, when the company launched its first-generation AirPods Max, the design team behind the product gave an interview to Japanese design website Casa BRUTUS. In that interview, Apple admitted that it had experimented with touch controls for the AirPods Max, but ultimately settled on the Digital Crown design. Maybe with AirPods Max 2, things could change.

As of now, it's unclear whether Apple will launch a new premium pair of headphones. Although Bloomberg had planned to launch new AirPods Max colors in 2021, this was not the reality.

If Apple is going to resolve the lossless controversy by adding support for higher music quality to its premium headphones, then the second-generation headphones will come into play. In addition, adding a power button to AirPods Max can also solve the problem of earphones not being able to turn off normally.

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