Apple products have always been known for their quality design and attention to detail.

Many of these details go unnoticed by the average Apple user, or are only useful to a relative handful of people using the product.

Some features are handy while others are purely cosmetic.

But Apple included them anyway.

Here are the best of these little design flourishes.

Smart fan: When engaging the voice dictation feature on new Mac laptops, Apple automatically slows the internal fan speed to better hear your voice.

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A ‘breathing’ sleep light: Apple has a patent dating back to 2002 for a “Breathing Status LED Indicator.” Apple has a patent on the “blinking effect of the sleep-mode indicator [that] mimics the rhythm of breathing which is psychologically appealing.”

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Virtual reflections: If you pull up your iPhone’s Music app and start playing a song, take a look at the shiny knob on the volume slider. The ‘reflection’ on the knob subtly changes as you tilt your phone.

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