Talking of misplaced stuff, there’s one iPad function that I hope Apple finds a solution to ship. There’s already a patent for it, and iOS 17 is a constructive signal that it might really occur.

For households like mine, the Apple Pencil must be bought in packs of 4. That’s not as a result of we’ve 4 iPads in use, however as a result of there’s at all times a misplaced Apple Pencil hiding someplace.

They’re not misplaced within the wild. They at all times flip up, however normally in time for substitute Pencil to get misplaced. It’s not the most affordable factor to exchange, nevertheless it’s simply the character conduct for the Apple Pencil (and extra importantly, youngsters).

Apple constructed an AirTag into the AirPods Professional 2 case with its U1 chip. iOS 17 will allow you to use Bluetooth in your iPhone to level you towards your lacking Apple TV distant. However the Apple Pencil should fend for itself.

If you happen to do misplace an Apple Pencil, you may type of decide if it’s close by primarily based on energetic Bluetooth connections to its paired iPad. That’s useful if you happen to’re unsure if the Pencil is caught between automobile seats or on the backside of a toy field.

These are all fully hypothetical conditions and never experiences… from the final two months… okay, you’ve bought me. Anyway, including an Apple TV distant methodology primarily based on Bluetooth might be very cool!

That exact function isn’t out but, so the decision continues to be out as as to if or not it’s reliably useful. Something may help, although.

Maybe the answer can be this acoustic-based methodology described on this Apple patent utility final month. All I do know is that I’m sure to find a couple of Apple Pencils of my very own if this function ships.