The Apple Watch is no longer as popular as it was in the first year of availability on the market, and for the Apple company this is quite a big problem. Those from Cupertino still don't have solutions to make the smartwatch more attractive, but in the future it could bring quite an interesting change to its line of smart watches.
Specifically, a new patent registered to Apple describes a method by which modular bracelets could be offered for the Apple Watch in the future. The patent is similar to one registered last year and describes a method by which Apple Watch bracelets could contain components that could potentiate its functionality in the future.
The components integrated in these modular bracelets are interconnected using a conductive material, and their uses are multiple. More precisely, Apple Watch bracelets could include batteries, speakers, kinetic generators, haptic feedback systems, biometric sensors and a multitude of other components with very interesting functionality.
These modular bracelets could also bring new ports for the Apple Watch, or in some cases could even allow the expansion of the available memory. Practically, the modular bracelets could offer functions that the Apple Watch does not have and does not offer in a standard way, the idea not being new for the mobile world, but new for those at Apple.
"A wearable device is coupled to a band including multiple modular functional band links that are each electrically and mechanically connected to one or more other of the band links and/or the wearable device and include one or more electronic components. In various implementations, the wearable device may receive identifiers from each of the band links, determine functionality available using the identifiers, and communicate with the band links to utilize the determine functionality."
Although the idea behind this patent is extremely interesting, we are still talking about a technology that could reach the market, or could remain forgotten in Apple's laboratories.
