The Cupertino company has always worked to make its devices as secure as possible, even in a system that helps us not to lose them, such as the «Search» application, which runs from our MacBook to our AirPods, a functionality that other companies have been "copying" and that today is practically a standard in the industry.
In this case Apple is still one step ahead, the Cupertino company recently patented a state-of-the-art "ultrasound" device tracking system, let's take a look at these latest news that Apple has prepared for us.
The first thing to bear in mind is that the fact that Apple has decided to patent a system does not mean by any means that this functionality will arrive soon, or not even one day on our devices. Apple patents many things that then are not transferred to its products on a regular basis, but they are integrated into other company systems to make them work more efficiently. It is also often done mainly to prevent other companies from using these features without going through the box, that is, by paying Apple royalties for using a proprietary system.
This new location system by sounds imperceptible to humans will serve as a connection between the device you are looking for and the one you want to be found. For example, the AirPods could emit an imperceptible sound that helps your iPhone to be more precise in terms of its location, because when you have lost the AirPods on the sofa, there is little the "Search" application can do there, since the precision of the GPS is not enough to locate a product inside a house. Meanwhile. This new patent is allied with a water ejection system that Apple is preparing for the iPhone in the same way that the Apple Watch already does through the speakers.