The ‘Apple Watch X’ is reportedly a significant redesign, nevertheless it’s not coming this 12 months

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 12 months, in response to 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 screen both in late 2024 and even 2025, Gurman says.

The outdated mechanical attachments of all Apple Watches thus far have been nice for permitting clients to reuse their outdated bands for years, however Gurman says they eat up house the corporate may use to shrink the wearable and beef up the battery and inside elements.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

Rumors have swirled round a brighter, extra colourful microLED display screen for the Apple Look ahead to months, however the display screen know-how is new and extremely costly. Apple has had its work minimize out for it relating to getting a shrunken-down, reasonably priced model of the tech into its smallest-screen system. 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 nicely.

As for this 12 months, Gurman reiterates previous claims that the Apple Watch Sequence 9 will get a sooner processor for the primary time for the reason that Sequence 6 debut however will hold the identical display screen sizes it used final 12 months, together with for the 49mm Apple Watch Extremely. If that’s true, it could possibly be an much more minor replace for the “Sequence” watches than final 12 months’s.