Surface 'Andromeda' might use face detection for intuitive volume controls

[Windows Central]

Microsoft is having to rethink a bunch of mobile phone staples in its pursuit of a folding tablet, including things as basic as volume controls.
Microsoft is showing no sign of quitting its Surface Andromeda patent-a-thon, from big technological solutions to pouring over all sorts of finer details. The very idea of a dual-screen computer creates a range of usability issues that we take for granted with today's single-slate tablets and phones, and clearly Microsoft is ensuring that it is really thinking through all the finer points of how a dual-screen tablet could work.
This latest patent describes issues that come with dual-purpose volume mixing, where you can have separate apps and features present across two displays.

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