- Apple has patented a new way to buy the Apple Watch
- It has developed a system that can measure your wrists when you visit a store
- It has depth mapping and sensors that could also be used at home
Apple could be about to remove the conjecture the size of an Apple Watch with a new invention that could measure your wrists in store to determine the size that suits you.
The purchase of the Apple Watch, including the Apple Watch Series 10 and Apple Watch Se 2, implies a series of crucial choices to which you cannot come back after your purchase. You must choose a color, housing size and connectivity (LTE or WiFi only), but an often neglected decision is the size of the band. With little or no reference point, it is difficult to choose the right band size for your Apple Watch.
Apple has filed a patent for a system that would allow Apple stores to measure their wrists with contactless technology, to determine the size of the band for them.
Spotted by Apple facing, the new deposit is nicknamed the measurement of the without contact wrist. The patent refers to electronic devices “which carry out a measurement of the contactless wrist”, “determining the measurement of the wrist or the size of the watch strip using depth data captured by a sensor.
A new way to buy Apple Watch
Images of the patent and descriptions reveal a standing client in a retail element in a store participating in a contactless measurement test. More specifically, he says that in some cases, technology could be used “by a qualified technician in a brick and mortar detail store”. However, the patent also notes that the test could be carried out “by an individual using an electronic device like a smartphone”, at home.
As such, Apple seeks to plan a system that could prevent part of the conjecture from the purchase of an Apple Watch or one of the best groups of Apple Watch. Many offers, including the popular options of the sports group and the solo loop, force you to choose a purchase size, which can be difficult if you have never considered the circumference of your wrist in millimeters.
In store or at home on one of the best iPhones, a wrist scanning functionality could facilitate the purchase of an Apple Watch and eliminate the risk that you will find with the wrong size.
Of course, this is only an idea on paper at the moment, so there is no guarantee that Apple will present this function should make its debut alongside the iPhone 17 later this year. Hopefully you can one day buy an Apple watch using a futuristic scanner, rather than the sizing tool for the Apple paper cutting strip.
