Apple may finally fix its most infuriating design crime - Creative Bloq

We’ve tested dozens of Apple products over the years and given positive reviews to most, but even Apple has its off days. The Magic Mouse remains one of its most infuriating product designs due to one big flaw.

The problem is the location of the charging port on the bottom of the device. Even after the Magic Mouse was updated from Lightning to USB-C, the port location continues to render it useless while charging. The latest rumours suggest that Apple plans to finally fix with an all-new mouse design, but it sounds like we might get much more than we bargained for.

As noted by Macrumours, a Korean Apple news aggregator known as yeux1222 has suggested that Apple has made a prototype of a revamped Magic Mouse that supports new hand gestures and voice controls. Yes, voice controls! It’s not clear what they would be for, but the idea would presumably to communicate with Siri or to allow the user to give voice commands to Apple Intelligence, the Apple-branded AI.

Mark Gurman says he hasn’t heard the rumour about voice controls himself but wrote on X that the concept could make sense for AI. He expects a more ergonomic Magic Mouse to at least have new gesture support and a relocated charging port (praise be!). Alas, it seems we’ll have to wait until 2026, when Gurman expects the new mouse to be released alongside a rumored MacBook Pro with an OLED display (something else that Apple has really been taking its time over!).

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