Future Apple Watch bands might warn you if they aren't blessed by Apple

Consumers of third-party Apple Watch bands may very well be in for a shock if a brand new patent submitting has its approach.

Among the best options of the Apple Watch, past the actual fact it may well detect severe well being points and name for assist in the event you want it, is that you may swap out the bands with ease. You do not have to purchase Apple's bands both. However that is perhaps about to alter.

Swapping a brand new band onto your fancy Apple Watch Extremely is useless straightforward and there are millions of third-party choices accessible if Apple's designs (and costs) simply do not do it for you. However a brand new patent submitting suggests that a future Apple Watch band might inform on you in the event you aren't utilizing an official one.

The patent, noticed by Patently Apple, considers including an built-in NFC chip into Apple's first-party watch bands. The concept is that the NFC chip may very well be used as a technique to inform the Apple Watch which band is related, probably for personalisation choices. However the patent additionally appears to level to one thing much less thrilling.

What in case your Apple Watch might know who made the band that is related to it?

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"Upon dedication that a band that's coupled to the gadget isn't a licensed band, a warning could also be offered utilizing an output element of the gadget, and/or a number of options of the gadget could also be disabled or in any other case modified," the patent says.

That is not to say that that is all dangerous information. The patent goes on to say that "a specific band could also be related to a specific software or service on the wearable digital gadget," as effectively.

The concept of an Apple Watch warning those that its band is not legit is not one thing that we're actually positive about, however the second half sounds extra promising. Having the Apple Watch reply to a band in a particular approach might turn out to be useful in just a few methods, like having the watch face change primarily based on the color of the band for instance.

However now might be an excellent time to keep in mind that not all Apple patents flip into Apple merchandise and options. Maintain that in thoughts earlier than getting the pitchforks out.