Apple wins major patent for a MacBook with dual displays, virtual keyboard, and wireless iPhone charging

Apple is likely going to remove the Touch Bar on the MacBook next and maybe the entire keyboard in future.

Apple has won a major patent for its MacBook from the US Patent and Trademark Office that may inspire the future generations of the company’s coveted laptop. The patent shows a MacBook that will have two displays, a virtual keyboard, and the ability to wirelessly charge an iPhone. Filed about three years back and granted recently, Apple’s patent underscores an ambitious design for the MacBook, which is currently in the phase where it is undergoing design changes. Whatever the patent, spotted by Patently Apple, describes are mostly radical changes. For instance, the virtual keyboard. Apple is already rumoured to remove the Touch Bar from the MacBook Pro with the next-generation model, but this patent shows the company may be thinking of removing the entire physical keyboard. Instead, there will be a second display on the MacBook. The display will feature different keyboard layouts for typing, much like how you type on your smartphone’s screen.