Today the US Patent & Trademark Office granted Apple a patent that relates to a possible redesign of their AirPods Pro case that will provide users with an outer case with a touch display. Users will also enjoy a future version of Siri (likely with AI) by calling-up apps like Apple Music, Apple TV+, Maps and more and interact with them.

Interacting with a Touch Display on an AirPods Case

While current AirPods cases simply carry a user's AirPods, future cases will be able to convey information to a user via haptics and/or a touch-sensitive display that could also understand finger gestures and/or via Apple Pencil.

Below you'll find a wide range of patent figures relating to the case-display presenting various scenarios using various apps like Apple Music, Apple TV+, Maps, Weather and Audio Books.

The pink bubbles shown in the patent figures below represent Siri communicating with the user about an app or service. One image below will show you that "squeezing" the case could signal to change the audio mode on Apple TV+ content.

This is a very long detailed patent. For full details, review granted patent 12001753.