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Surface Laptop’s audio could get even better in the future thanks to a clever twist – a speaker built into the touchpad

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Microsoft has filed a patent for a haptic trackpad loudspeaker.

The idea is a laptop touchpad featuring haptic feedback and an integrated speaker.

The speaker can produce audio over a frequency range of 400Hz to 10KHz .

The patent notes that the speaker can be used to enhance the laptop’s other speakers.