Apple has just been granted a patent for software that would generate’synthetic group selfies’. Software could be a way to take group selfies for social media even if you’re trying to stay socially distant from your friends.

Apple device user could invite others to take part in a group selfie. The software would arrange them together in a single image. The selfie could include still photos, stored video images, or live streaming images.

The patent application says it would look like to look like if it was n’t chosen. It would be the first time that it would have looked like, according to the application application application.

Apple first filed for the patent in 2018 and it was granted June 2nd. The concept was n’t developed specifically with the current state of affairs in mind.