Top News: Unprecedented MacBook Pro, Improved Keyboard Design for Future Laptops, FaceTime Correction Attention

After last week's big news that Jony Ive is leaving Apple, this week has been marked by a series of rumors related to the Mac, including evidence of an upcoming MacBook Pro model, which says Apple is abandoning the problem of Butterfly keyboard used for several years on its laptops. and logic board problems with a "very small" number of MacBook Air drives.

Keep reading to discover the most important news of the week, including a new smart feature for iOS 13 that will give your FaceTime video calls a more natural look, as well as another controversy around the copy by Apple of Xiaomi.

Apple receives FCC approval for the unpublished MacBook Pro

The Federal Communications Commission this week released a brief publication of documents related to an unprecedented MacBook Pro, generating an important debate about what the machine might be and when it could be released.

The A2159 model number was one of seven recently registered with the Eurasian Economic Commission, but it was the only one to appear before the FCC. Depending on the power requirements of the machine, it seems like a 13-inch MacBook Pro, which could be a new version of the non-touch bar model that has not been updated with the other models of MacBook Pro in May.

The new machines usually appear in the FCC's database at the time of its launch, which could mean an impending first, although this seems to have been a premature publication of the FCC because Apple has not yet released the new model and documents were quickly pulled from the FCC website.

Kuo: Apple will use a new scissor switch keyboard in future MacBooks, starting in 2019 MacBook Air Refresh

The famous Apple butterfly keyboard on its laptops may well be about to come out, and prominent analyst Ming-Chi Kuo asserted that Apple would include a new scissors-style keyboard on future models, starting with a refresh of the MacBook Air later this year.

According to Kuo, the scissor-style keyboard will probably be a little thicker than the butterfly design, but it would be cheaper and offer a better user experience, including a larger race and a reinforced fiberglass structure, more durable and less durable. sensitive to dust and debris. prevent the keys from working

The attention correction feature in iOS 13 beta allows for the occurrence of eye contact during FaceTime calls

This week, Apple has sown the third developer for major updates to its operating system, and the new iOS 13 beta includes a clever feature called FaceTime Attention Correction.

The feature uses ARKit to capture a depth map of your face during FaceTime video calls and adjusts the position of your eyes to give the impression that you are looking at the camera of your device when you actually watch on the screen.

We chose the feature, available only for the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR, as well as for the latest models of iPad Pro, and can be disabled in the settings if you prefer not to have it. use.

Apple identifies the problem of the logic board whose "very small number" of MacBook Air 2018 will be repaired for free

This week, Apple informed its retail stores and its authorized repair centers that it had identified a logic board problem affecting a "very small" number of MacBook Air 2018 units and will repair computers for free. concerned up to four years from the date of purchase.

The program has not been publicly announced. So it seems that it should only concern a limited number of machines and Apple will warn users with the affected machines.

The internal repair program of the latest MacBook Air comes shortly after a larger reminder and repair program for 15-inch MacBook Pro units in 2015 that may have overheating and even fire safety issues with their batteries. Dramatic photos showing the consequences of one of these incidents show why the owners of the affected machines should take this recall seriously.

Xiaomi clones the Apple Memoji with new avatars' Mimoji & # 39;

Chinese phone maker Xiaomi is preparing to launch its latest smartphone, which will support the animated avatars known as "Mimoji".

These 3D avatars are incredibly similar to the Apple Memoji introduced with iOS 12, even the name Mimoji has a remarkable similarity with the functionality of Apple. Incredibly, Xioami was even caught using Apple's Memoji commercials to promote the Mimoji feature, apparently by accident.

This is not the first time that Xiamoi is accused of having cloned an Apple feature because his animated emoticons last year were similar to Apple 's Animoji. They debuted on a phone almost identical to Apple's iPhone X. Xiaomi also has wireless headphones released similarities with the Apple AirPods.

Five Mac apps worth the trip – July 2019

On our YouTube channel, we've released the latest installment of our popular series about some of our favorite third-party Mac apps.

This month's list includes Pock for customizing the touch bar of your MacBook Pro, a switch for adding flip-flops to the menu bar for various options and settings, Microsoft To-Do for task tracking on your devices, Flotato for the conversion of some of your favorite websites. Web applications and the Spot menu to access information from your Spotify and iTunes content from the menu bar.

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