Apple Developing Audio Hyperlinks, A Way For Audio Streams To Link To Other Media Or Control Devices
Summary
This would allow for devices like iPhones to perform a number of different functions upon encountering said hyperlinks, just like a user would when browsing the Internet and finding traditional ones. Here’s a practical example: A podcast could embed said audio hyperlink, and then pause playback of the primary track when one hits, in order to either call back a specific segment from earlier in the podcast itself, or to open a second audio stream stored on the web and play that back, or even to open another app or call up a video or other website from the web. Its obvious benefits would be for audio podcasts, but the tech could also be applied to things like music, video and even ringtones or other notifications. This is one of those media format technologies that, even were it introduced tomorrow (unlikely, as it’s a fairly recent patent application from 2012), would take quite a while to gain wide adoption, and might face challenges become very popular unless it were made into an industry standard. But it’s also an exciting invention that could change the way we interact with our computing devices at a fundamental level, so it’s definitely an area worth watching for future developments.
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