Welcome to the Tech Meam ride home for Friday, December 1st.

2023, I'm Brian McCullough today.

The action button is coming to all the iPhones with increased functionality.

Reconstituting the cable bundle, example number 972.

Microsoft wants to create a mobile gaming app store sometime soon,

and of course, the weekend long rate suggestions.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

Mac Rumors has seen internal documents that suggest Apple is planning to

include the action button on the entirety of the iPhone 16 lineup which

would include a force sensor and tacked switching functionality.

Quote, designs and plans for the action button date back to at least 2021 as the button was intended

for release alongside

haptic volume and power buttons on the iPhone 15 pro.

While the haptic volume and power buttons were abruptly canceled due to

unresolved technical issues, the action button remained, eventually

making its way onto final mass production units of the iPhone 15 pro and pro max.

On the iPhone 15 pro and pro max, the action button replaces the mute switch previously found on all iPhone models.

Unlike the mute switch, which only served a singular purpose, the action button

provides iPhone users with a variety of uses.

With the iPhone 16 lineup, Apple plans to add even more functionality to the action button by

changing the button from mechanical to a capacitive type button. The revamped

action button developed under the codename Atlas is expected to function similarly to the touch ID home button on older iPhone models or the

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