Recent teardowns have discovered that Apple’s new M2 MacBook Air is the first Mac to feature a built-in accelerometer, a mysterious development.
Hartley Charlton for MacRumors:
Accelerometers have been key to the iPhone and iPad since they launched, providing movement, rotation, speed, and acceleration data, but there is no obvious use-case for the component in a Mac, since it is much less likely to be subject to movement that influences use.
Some observers have speculated that the accelerometer may be used to determine if the laptop has been dropped for service and warranty purposes. Alternatively, it could be used to support video stabilization. Indeed, the Studio Display contains an accelerometer, but again, it is unclear what its purpose is within the device. If it is not already used for a specific function, Apple could release a software update in the future to take advantage of the accelerometer.
MacDailyNews Take: Hmmm…
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Well, there was the Sudden Motion Sensor long ago in some Mac notebooks, very likely an accelerometer
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201666
Knowing Apple, it’s probably more about AppleCare and recording dropped laptops than some cool function where you could turn your MBAir 90° and page view would appear. I would be happy to be wrong, but…
Well we FINALLY got our Air at 9PM last night, four days late (thank you, UPS….).
All I know so far is it seems like a slightly shrunken 14″, albeit light and fast.
It’s also smaller than the our 2017 Air but with a larger screen. Weird sided by side.
There IS an obvious use case. It is to measure the velocity of sheer bullish!t coming from the mouths on a constant basis from the two new hypercritical MBA M2 owners, the two moronski twins – AppleSpaznyc and APPLBS.