Imagine, if you will, a pair of AirPods or AirPods Pro whose charging case also happens to have a touchscreen on it. Now imagine that touchscreen lets you control said AirPods, without the need to pick up your iPhone or iPad.
You might not have to imagine something like that for too much longer, with Apple already having patented such a thing. And while that doesn't always mean that we'll see that product in Apple Stores any time soon, the idea is sound — even if it isn't immediately obvious why that might be.
