The ‘Apple Watch X’ is reportedly a serious redesign, however it’s not coming this yr

Apple is getting ready for its first main redesign in a number of generations of the mainline Apple Watch, however we received’t be seeing it this yr, in line with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his Energy On publication this morning. As an alternative, Apple is engaged on a thinner “Apple Watch X” with magnetic watch band attachment factors, a blood stress sensor, and a microLED display both in late 2024 and even 2025, Gurman says.

The outdated mechanical attachments of all Apple Watches to this point have been nice for permitting clients to reuse their outdated bands for years, however Gurman says they eat up area the corporate may use to shrink the wearable and beef up the battery and inside elements. See the Apple Watch Extremely, which Apple gave a much bigger battery on the expense of compactness.

Rumors have swirled round a brighter, extra colourful microLED display for the Apple Look ahead to months, however the display expertise is new and extremely costly. Apple has had its work lower out for it with regards to getting a shrunken-down, inexpensive model of the tech into its smallest-screen gadget. Apple has additionally reportedly been planning a blood stress sensor for the Apple Look ahead to years, and which will come simply in time for the 10-year anniversary of the wearable as effectively.

As for this yr, Gurman reiterates previous claims that the Apple Watch Sequence 9 will get a quicker processor for the primary time because the Sequence 6 debut however will preserve the identical display sizes it used final yr, together with for the 49mm Apple Watch Extremely. If that’s true, it may very well be an much more minor replace for the “Sequence” watches than final yr’s.