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The Apple Watch 6 has only been with us for three months, so it will be a while before another model comes out, but when it does, it might come with the option of a battery booster band that keeps the wearable running for years. more time between charges. .
A newly discovered Apple patent application by Patently Apple shows the tech giant experimenting with watch bands that have built-in batteries, adding extra capacity to the rather small battery that comes as part of the wearable device.
The band would need a special type of seal and a more rigid structure to prevent damage to the batteries inside, according to the patent. However, there would be multiple battery modules connected to each other, so the band could still bend around the wrist.
The patent documentation doesn’t tell us much more about how this strap might work or how much extra juice it could provide the Apple Watch, only that it could power the Apple Watch in addition to its built-in battery.
In our Apple Watch 6 review, we noted that the wearable lasts around 24 hours between charges, although the extra battery life is always welcome, especially if you wear the smartwatch at night to track your sleep.
Features like the new blood oxygen monitor on the latest model, as well as making and receiving calls directly from the Apple Watch, are also likely to drain the battery fairly quickly, so a battery band is likely to be a great thing. success with users.
Apple already makes many official watch straps, of course, in a variety of colors and materials, but so far it hasn’t experimented much with adding additional functions or features via an optional accessory that users can purchase separately.
As is always the case with patents like this, it is not a guarantee that a finished product will appear, it only shows us what Apple is thinking about. A band like this may appear before the Apple Watch 7, but we could also be waiting a lot longer to see it.
