Likelihood is you’ll know all about Apple buying up Beats Audio last month. Well it seems the acquisition is already having an effect on the company in a big way, Apple has now patented a set of Over-The-Ear headphones.
These types of headphones are exactly what Beats is known for creating, while Apple in the habit of producing small in-ear headphones and headsets.
The patent was published by the US Patent and Trademark Office on June 19 2014, which suggests Apple, has been working on them long before the Beats deal was finalised.
The hybrid adaptive headphones have both active and passive noise control capabilities built in to react to audio levels inside and outside the cups. Not much more is known about the headphones just yet though. To learn more about the technical side of the headphones head over to Patently Apple, a blog dedicated to Apple’s patent activites.
Apple buying up Beats wasn’t really to do with the headphones business, even though that did bring in a tidy profit last year, it was more to do with the acquisition of Beats Music. Beats Music is a pay monthly streaming site similar to Spotify.
Apple has so far been without an unlimited streaming service and has opted to purchase a fully-fledged, up-and-running service instead of starting from scratch. iTunes is till doing particularly well but music sales are dropping as app purchases rise.
by jamesp via Featured Articles
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