Google’s next true wireless earbuds could be controlled using your skin

Forget touch and voice controls: Google’s next wireless earbuds and smartwatches could be controlled by drawing on your skin. That’s according to a recently awarded patent spotted by LetsGoDigital (opens in new tab), which suggests Google’s developing a skin interface for a range of different wearable devices – including some that look like its Pixel Buds and its Pixel Watch. Much like how you can swipe up and down on some true wireless earbuds to control the volume, or tap on them to play/pause your music, this new patent shows how similar gestures would instead be applied to the skin near your ears.

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