Other technological advancements in the offing include the upcoming micro-LED display, and blood pressure sensors.
I have no idea how they would do it but I am stoked about the idea of blood pressure sensors.
There was an article about using reflected light from an led for sensing blood pressure. Similar to how the first pulse rate apps could use the flashlight and camera to see the blood flow through your finger for pulse.
I’m sure if Apple decides it’s worthy to ship it‘s going to be an improvement, but I can’t imagine how any sort of magnetic attachment could be strong enough to hold a watch to your arm.
I had the Milanese loop, which has a magnetic closing mechanism, and while biking on cobblestone it basically fell right off. How on earth should that be strong enough for mountain biking, diving, surfing, and all the other things Apple loves to show in their ads?
I highly doubt we’ll see that, but I’m happy to see radical changes to the watch itself.
Simply embed a big ol’ neodymium magnet just under the surface of the skin on your wrist and the watch will magically stay attached! (You’ll get used to the pinched skin.)
Well, the Milanese is supposed to be a fashion band not a sports band so they didn’t design it to hold during extreme activities. I’m sure Apple has resources to design a magnetic band that can hold firm during sports activities.
That said I think a lot of people including myself use our ultras just as regular watches and aren’t skydiving or 40m under water with them so they could be looking at moderate activity closures too.
When the Milanese loop magnet fell away, the watch was still dangling from my wrist. I’m sure other magnetic bands are holding up better, but I don’t think it’s acceptable to even have a 0.5% chance of your watch just falling away from your wrist, because the band detached, wrecking your 500$ watch. I also don’t think it’s going to be a "just don’t shake it too hard“-kind of solution; besides, they’ll want to have the same attachment mechanism across all watches to keep the bands compatible (for the same sizes).
I’m still rocking my 3rd gen. The biggest problem is actually that my eyes are starting to have a heard time reading it in lower light. A little larger screen like on the newer models would be nice, but there’s not really any groundbreaking updates to drive me to upgrade. Battery life is still pretty good for a 6 ish year old Device.
I think Elon may have ruined x now it just makes me think of his ruining twitter
If u see an alphabet letter and first thing u imagine is elon u may need to take a break from twitter a bit
They only place I hear about it is on Lemmy. Constant posts about Reddit and twitter.
Yes, I’m getting tired of any ‘X’ branding
Is it feasible to buy apple watch when I’m android and linux user?
I use one daily, an Apple Watch SE 1st gen. You need an iPhone to use the Apple Watch as far as I’m aware. I daily drive a Pixel 4a but I still keep an old iPhone SE 1st gen purely for this watch…
There might be Android apps that can interface with the Apple Watch but it certainly wouldn’t be the full experience
Not sure it will compel me to upgrade. Still have my series 7 and I feel like this form factor has been mastered. Could use more battery life but it gets me through a day of heavy use.
I still feel like that with my s4. only problem is the battery is becoming an issue.
For improved stealability?
Activation lock on newer Apple devices is pretty bulletproof. Unless you’re stealing it for parts, it’s not gonna be worth your time and since the repairability is pretty low, I don’t see theft as being a huge problem for the Apple Watch.
Personally I would be more worried about it falling off with magnets. I was in a river this weekend and wasn’t worried at all, but if all I had was magnets holding it on, I would definitely think twice about going in with that setup.
Unfortunately the people that steal these don’t have the foresight to consider activation lock, they’ll probably turn around and sell for dirt cheap to someone who doesn’t know any better
I have a 3rd party magnetic band and I can’t use the standard ones anymore. It’s crappy quality and falling apart, but the magnets make it a lot easier to manage.
Didn’t read the article, just saw the magnetic band headline
I’m assuming you’re talking about the band closing mechanism? The article is talking about attaching the band to the watch itself via magnet:
The switch from the band-compatible sliding system to a new magnetic attachment system is an effort to reduce space, potentially unlocking more internal space for battery.
If you’re talking about the band closing mechanism, there’s plenty of magnet based bands from Apple already.
Damn, that’s what I get for only reading headlines.
That really feels like the one place magnetically wouldn’t be necessary.
I see how the current mechanism is eating into the watch, but I can’t imagine only having magnets being the solution here.
You know what would be brave? Making a round watch. A watch with a cool, raised bezel that would both protect the crystal and offer a capacitive interface like the old dial on iPods.
I think that’s too brave for the current design team, though.
You ever try to design content for anything that’s not a square or rectangular viewport? Circular displays look pretty but they are terrible for usability. I also struggle to see why a capacitive bezel would be better than using the Digital Crown. You might be too brave for any product team lol
This is absolutely the reason why Apple sticks with a rectangle, but that said, I’d still love to see them try for a round face.
Round faces look amazing for analog watch faces and only for that—but I’d still get one if they offered it.
Why do i need to be connected to the internet to set an alarm?
You don’t! Try again. It should work. Maybe something else is wrong?
