Apple patent seeks iPhone smart dock

San Francisco July 20 (IANS) Apple has been granted a patent for an iPhone smart dock that could have personal assistant Siri and a wireless charger built in.

According to the patent Apple is planning a smart dock for activating voice recognition mode of a portable electronic device The Verge reported on Thursday.

The dock could recognise when an iPhone is placed in it and activate a microphone to allow users to give voice commands to control the phone.

The patent which also covers wireless charging describes the dock as simple connectors with a microphone and speaker or it could be like a full-fledged miniature computer with buttons and displays the report added.

Apple may be working on this technology which could be seen in the upcoming iPhone 8.

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