This year’s Apple Watch will reportedly feature new display technology, which could lead to a much-needed upgrade for any gadget: longer battery life.
The next Apple Watch, due out this fall, will use a new type of OLED screen called a low-temperature polycrystalline oxide thin-film transistor, according to The Elec. Currently, LTPO is only used in part of the watch’s display technology, with the rest using low-temperature polycrystalline silicon, which is not very power efficient. Currently, LTPO is limited to “some switching TFTs,” the report said.
This technology is explained as follows: “Using oxide instead of LTPS for the driving TFT means that the oxide is responsible for the TFT that connects directly to the OLED pixel. In LTPO OLEDs, oxide is used to reduce leakage current. However, the role of oxides will increase in new LTPO OLEDs.”
All of this means that while the display may look the same, the next Watch could have longer battery life. But will it?
That’s a good question. Apple has always followed a simple plan when it comes to the Watch’s battery life. It’s about preserving the approximate battery life. Sure, the Apple Watch Ultra and Ultra 2 have much longer battery life, but other models stick to the same 18 hours of use between charges.
My guess is that this formula will continue, but there’s still reason to be excited. That’s because if you get longer battery life, Apple would rather spend it on new features than on extending overall lifespan.
This means that even with these new features, we’ll likely see an Apple Watch Series 10 with battery life similar to the Series 9. It’s not yet clear what these features will be, but there are also rumors that Apple will develop a blood pressure measurement feature. In series 10.
This is not surprising. This is a key feature of lightweight devices like Samsung’s smartwatches and the Swiss-based company’s excellent Aktiia bracelet. In that case, it will be interesting to see if it works as well as Samsung’s device, which in combination with a blood pressure cuff needs to be calibrated once a month.
Or will it be something like the Huawei Watch D, which doesn’t require calibration (although it does have an inflatable wristband, which sounds decidedly un-Apple)? More than we have.
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