Silicone caps protecting Butterfly keyboard in latest MacBook Pro models

MacBook Pro iterations feature keyboards with Butterfly switches, and this time around, they're quieter.   In its coverage of tearing down MacBooks,   has revealed that the switches have remain unchanged, more or less, that part of the method for the switches may have to do with what the company has done, begrudgingly, to protect its Butterfly design..   Below the keycap, technicians will find new, thin layer of silicon encasing the switch plots to protect the switches from being disabled from obstructing particles — large wave of complaints to Apple about bit of dust or grain of sand may have forced the company to offer extended warranty to owners of its Butterfly-equipped MacBooks..   The quieting effect may be demonstrable, and then there's tapestry above Apple's lack of apology on this specific topic..   Jules Wang is News Editor for Pocketnow and one of the hosts of Pocketnow Weekly Podcast.   He came onto the in 2014 as intern editing and producing videos and the podcast while he was studying journalism at Emerson College.   He graduated the year after and entered into his current position at Pocketnow, full-time..   All rights reserved, KC Online Media, LLC.   Pocketnow com - Smartphone, Tablet, and Wearable reviews, videos, editorials, and news...   Read more