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TechSmartwatchesNew Apple Watch rumour includes a feature you’d never expectA patent application sheds some light on how future Apple Watch models might workWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
A patent application sheds some light on how future Apple Watch models might work
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Apple)
(Image credit: Apple)
TheApple Watchis easily among thebest smartwatcheson the market – if not the best, especially if you own aniPhone 13. But with theSamsung Galaxy Watch 4on its tail, Apple can’t afford to rest on its laurels.
“A watch having a camera is disclosed,” the filing says in its abstract. “The watch can include a housing having a front side, a back side, and an attachment interface configured to couple to a watch band.”
(Image credit: USPTO)
(Image credit: USPTO)
“A camera can be mounted to the housing and configured to capture a picture of a scene through the back side of the housing. A display can be visible through the front side of the housing and configured to display the picture.”
Of course, filing a patent doesn’t mean Apple will ever develop this technology and necessarily even release it. But it’s fun to get some insight into what the company is at least considering.
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There are a lot of technical and privacy hurdles to overcome before releasing such an update for the Apple Watch, of course, most notably that surreptitiously taking photos of people with the Digital Crown would raise privacy issues.
New Apple Watch: What do we know?
We expect the next Apple wearable update to be theApple Watch Series 8, after a fairly incremental update for theWatch Series 7.
WWDC 2022is right around the corner, but Apple traditionally sticks to software updates during its keynote – no surprise, really, given it’s a worldwide developer confernece – meaning we could see the Series 8 alongside theiPhone 14later in the year, around September.
Additional sensors for the Apple Watch 8 could be part of the mix, alongside three size options and updated watch bands. Aside from that, we don’t know an awful lot more – but it’ll be exciting to see what’s revealed between now and later in the year.
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