Apple has turned a boon for selfie lovers after it has won a patent that allows group selfies even in current social distancing times, as it may allow users to take long-distance group selfies by staying away from each other.

According to the patent application, an Apple device user could invite others to take part in a group selfie and the software would arrange them together in a single image, as per the reports.

The patent also describes a window that appears on a user's screen that prompts him or her to participate in a selfie.

The selfie could include still photos, stored video images, or live streaming images and one can also modify the group image by changing the positions of people in the selfie.

However, it is not clear whether the feature would be available on iPads, iPhones or both. As per the report, Apple filed its first patent in 2018 and it has only been granted recently.

Apple files many patents and only some of its granted patents ever make it to the market, as well as patents don't always result in actual products or services.