Apple Watches could soon have bracelets with variable colors and patterns.
Apple is said to have filed a patent application for an invention relating to the Apple Watch strap. The material of their connected watch could change color depending on the clothes of the wearer. This visual variation could also be leveraged to alert the watch owner. The invention is called “Watch Band With Adjustable Color”and testifies to the growing efforts of the Cupertino company to use the entire surface of its devices to communicate information to their owners.
Apple’s R&D department is actively working to optimize all surfaces of all Apple devices. Lately, we’ve been hearing about touchscreen MacBook Pros, buttonless iPhone 15s, or, as is the case today, “adjustable color straps” for Apple Watch. Beyond the fashion gimmick, coordinating the color of one’s outfit with the watch, the accessory can also change “from provide user notification “.
Apple Watch band will be able to change color and display text
The bracelets would be made of a braiding of material with electrochromic properties. This conductive “fabric” may change color when an electrical charge is applied to it. As a result, the number and variety of conductive threads allow for numerous customization possibilities. In its explanatory text, the company places heavy emphasis on aesthetics of this invention and hardly mentions the possibilities offered in terms of notification. The adjustable color bracelet could however be very useful in addition to the health features offered by the Apple Watch. Tools that contribute to the brand’s connected watches saving real lives.
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Users will be able to control the colors and patterns of the bracelet from the dial or the screen. Apple specifies: “The adjustable color elements of the watch strap can be arranged and controlled independently, so as to allow the system to display icons, shapes and/or text particular by illuminating certain elements in a particular way”.
Source : Apple Insider
