{"id":329382,"date":"2025-10-19T05:23:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T05:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/ea-accessibility-tech-apex-legends-ping-system-free-to-all"},"modified":"2025-10-19T05:23:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T05:23:47","slug":"ea-making-its-accessibility-tech-patents-including-apex-legends-ping-system-available-to-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ea-making-its-accessibility-tech-patents-including-apex-legends-ping-system-available-to-all\/","title":{"rendered":"EA making its accessibility tech patents, including Apex Legends&#8217; ping system, available to all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ea-making-its-accessibility-tech-patents-including-apex-legends-ping-system-available-to-all.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Electronic Arts<\/strong> has pledged to open the patents for some of its accessibility-related tech, most notably including the <strong>Apex Legends&#8217;<\/strong> ping system.<\/p>\n<p>In a new press release sent out today, EA said it won&rsquo;t file infringement lawsuits against developers or companies using tech listed as its patent in their games. <\/p>\n<p>As per the company&#8217;s &#8220;Patents Pledge,&#8221; five of its patents are being made available for free indefinitely. EA has also promised it would extend this courtesy to any other future accessible technologies it develops, too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/ea-accessibility-tech-apex-legends-ping-system-free-to-all\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/ea-accessibility-tech-apex-legends-ping-system-free-to-all\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic Arts has pledged to open the patents for some of its accessibility-related tech, most notably including the Apex Legends&#8217; ping system. In a new press release sent out today, EA said it won&rsquo;t file infringement lawsuits against developers or companies using tech listed as its patent in their games. As per the company&#8217;s &#8220;Patents Pledge,&#8221; five of its patents are being made available for free indefinitely. EA has also promised it would extend this courtesy to any other future accessible technologies it develops, too. 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