Apple Watch may soon get this much-needed feature
Gadgets Now Bureau
Among the numerous products that Cupertino-based tech giant Apple is expected to launch at its upcoming event, the fourth-generation Apple Watch is one of the highly anticipated one.
| Sep 5, 2018, 07:00AM IST
Several leaks have been doing rounds about the watch and a fresh one adding to that is that Apple may introduce an 'always on' screen mode for the wearable device. As of now, Apple Watch's display only lights up when a user lifts up their wrist to glance at the screen.
A patent application by the iPhone maker has led to this speculation.
According to a report by Patently Apple, the company has filed for two patents -- one relating to larger Apple Watch interfaces that appear smoother on curved edges and the second one is an anti-burn-in solution for OLED displays.
"Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays–which are becoming a popular choice for computing device displays–can degrade in a non-uniform manner over their lifespans and lead to unwanted color/brightness artifacts. To address this concern, burn-in statistics–which record historical usage information associated with a given OLED display–can be used to artificially adjust the operation of the OLED display to substantially restore visual uniformity throughout its operation. Notably, such burn-in statistics can take the form of a high-resolution, multiple-channel image that consumes a considerable amount of storage space within the computing device in which the OLED display is included. For obvious reasons, this consumption can dissatisfy users as their overall expected amount of available storage space is reduced for seemingly unknown reasons. It is therefore desirable to store the burn-in statistics in a more efficient manner."
How Apple plans to use this technology is not certain in any way but that hasn't stopped Redditors from drawing the conclusion that the company may introduce an always-on mode for the soon-to-be-launched Apple Watch. Despite it being one of the "requested features" as one Redditor points out, it is a bit of a stretch that it will be seen on a device which is expected to be launched in less than 10 days.
A recent report by Bloomberg suggested that the alleged Apple Watch 4 will be compatible with existing straps which means that all straps that were available for Apple Watch Series 1, 2 and 3 will still work with the new device as well. The Apple Watch 4 is expected to run on WatchOS 5 -- the latest operating system for Apple Watch wearables announced at its developer conference — WWDC 2018. The new watchOS 5 brings a range of new features including Walkie-Talkie app, Apple Podcasts and support third-party apps on the Siri watch face. The watchOS 5 will be available as a free update for all Apple Watch wearables starting with the Apple Watch Series 1.
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