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Oliver Haslam

Forget buttons, a future Magic Mouse could have tilt controls as well if this patent is to be believed

Magic Mouse 2 in White.

The Magic Mouse has its detractors for a number of reasons, whether that's the way that it charges — the Lightning port is on the bottom so it can't be charged and used at the same time — or the way the whole mouse moves when you click a button. But for whatever reason you might not be a fan of Apple's mouse, it seems that the company is already hard at work on something entirely new. And it could make buttons a thing of the past.

That's assuming we can use a newly discovered patent as any kind of sign to Apple's future plans, a fact that isn't always a given. But if we can, Apple seems to be working on a new kind of mouse that goes beyond the traditional methods of inputs — moving and clicking — by adding a whole new type of control that could make it the best wireless mouse for Mac, ever.

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