Apple Patent hints MacBooks could come with an Apple Pencil in future

Sep 16
17:18

2021

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There would be a high-end lighting system is built-into the retainer and the Apple Pencil, wherein the Pencil can replace the top F-key row with the "functional key symbols illuminated on Apple Pencil with full functionality."

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A patent filed by Apple suggests that MacBooks could come with an Apple Pencil with a compartment to store it above the keyboard. The new concept design replaces the large touch bar,Apple Patent hints MacBooks could come with an Apple Pencil in future Articles to shrink it to house the Apple Pencil, which looks aesthetically beautiful and productive. Designer SarangSheth via YankoDesign, shared a few concept images of how the new design could look like when implemented in a MacBook Pro.

Patently Apple first reported on the patent filed by Apple with the US Patent and Trademark Office. It said that the "invention relates to incorporating an Apple Pencil that is removably mounted to a MacBook keyboard." The patent also said that there would be a high-end lighting system is built-into the retainer and the Apple Pencil, where in the Pencil can replace the top F-key row with the "functional key symbols illuminated on Apple Pencil with full functionality."