Ondrej Holzman Since the first Apple Watch was introduced two years ago, everyone is impatiently waiting to see what the Californian company has prepared for the second generation. It should appear later this year, but we probably won't see Watch able to function completely independently of the iPhone.
According to the last report Bloomberg and Mark Gurman, Apple engineers ran into problems when they tried to implement an LTE module into the watch so that it could receive mobile internet without the need for an iPhone connection. Mobile data chips used up too much battery, which is undesirable.
However, although Apple will probably not be able to implement one of the most requested functions in the second generation of the Watch, it is still planned to show the new watch this fall. The main novelty should be the presence of a GPS chip and improved health monitoring.
Apple has been working for a long time on the greatest possible autonomy for the Watch. Having to carry an iPhone with you in order for the watch to download the necessary data and track your location is often limiting. Operators are also reportedly pushing the Californian company to have the next Watch have an LTE module. Thanks to it, the watch would be able to download various notifications, e-mails or maps.
However, in the end, Apple's engineers were unable to prepare the modules for receiving a mobile signal so that they could be used already in the second generation. Their excessive demands on the battery reduced the overall efficiency and user experience of the watch. Apple is said to be now researching low-energy mobile data chips for the next generation.
In the second generation, which should be released in the fall, at least a GPS module will arrive, which will improve positioning and position tracking when running, for example. Thanks to this, health applications will also be more accurate, which will obtain even more accurate data. After all, Apple wants to focus on health functions in the new Watch, a lot hinted already in the upcoming watchOS 3.
Report Bloomberg so he answers august statement analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, according to whom the new Watch should come with a GPS module, but also, for example, a barometer and greater water resistance.
So this year, we most likely won't be able to wear a Watch on our wrist and not have to have an iPhone in our pocket. The vast majority of the watch's functionality will continue to be closely tied to the technology in the phone. In Apple, however, they are according to Bloomberg determined that in one of the next generations they will cut off the watch and the phone completely. For now, however, available technology prevents them from doing so.
It's a shame, an IP-dependent watch would be nice. On the one hand, a lot of things will still be done via IP, things like downloading apps, settings, etc., simply because it's more convenient. Btw, does anyone know if the current AWs are able to be on home wifi via their wifi or only via phone?
I suspect that they have their wifi module, when I looked at the router recently, I also had a watch connected there
Yes, within a moment after turning off BT on the phone, the watch will connect to the home Wi-Fi network, a minor drawback remains - limited functionality of applications.
Jasan, if my mobile phone dies by chance, AW works on wifi and for example iMessage works normally, for communication, if you are on a known wifi, you don't need to have the iPhone on. The same music, I have it recorded in AW and Beats will connect to them even without a phone.
Sorry, but this is an article reminiscent of the articles Flight through the Pokemon World. One paragraph repeats the previous one just to write something and meet the number of letters per article
I will ask. Wouldn't it be better for them to focus on the battery life of the watch, so that it can be used to wake up with vibrations for example, rather than solving LTE? Or rather, someone will enlighten me, I don't know what I should expect from LTE on the watch, except for another SIM card...
Really stupid opinion! The main thing missing from the watch is a SIM!! And you write here, hold on... If you had any sense, you'd know that the Apple Watch has to be charged several times a day!! Epl can't make a device with adequate durability!!!
Nasty vagina, especially at rest. Otherwise, you risk running out of exclamation points. Three-point question for the end: if Apple can't do it, can anyone else? I'd like to look at that product, I've been looking for it for about two years.
A person who nowadays supports the SIM standard in any device is 20 years behind today.
Now you have mainly shown everyone what a stupid opinion it is. Your form of expression definitely conveys that your nickneme is what you wear around your neck. PS I charge the watch once and at night and I have no problem with it.