Details About the Upcoming Apple Watch 2, Will Arrive in 2016

The Upcoming Apple Watch 2. Source: www.v3.co.uk

Mark Gurman returns to the fray with fresh information about the second generation of Apple Watch. The Cupertino company is already working to make it happen next year. While it is still too early to know all the features and innovations that will bring out about the Apple Watch 2.

As many users have been asking for, it seems that Apple intends to integrate a FaceTime camera on the top bezel for the next generation of Apple Watch. This will allow users to make and receive video calls directly from their wrists, which can be very interesting. Apple has taken the first step to integrate FaceTime with the clock in watchOS 2, the second-generation Apple Watch operating system that will make and receive calls free audio through FaceTime.

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Greater independence from the iPhone

One of the main criticisms of the first generation of Apple Watch is its excessive dependence on the iPhone to make full use of its functions. In a way, this dependency will be relieved with the arrival of watchOS 2 and native applications, but the company wants to go a step further with Apple Watch 2.

To achieve this, Apple wants to integrate a new and more dynamic wireless chip on the smartwatch. It allowing to be much more capable when it is detached from the iPhone. Thus, although still depend on iPhone to transfer large amounts of data, software updates or media synchronization, basic communications could be performed regardless of the phone. The new chip would activate the Find my Watch feature to track the position of the clock via WiFi triangulation rather than GPS signals.

Battery life

Surprisingly, Apple does not intend to improve the autonomy of this Smartwatch until the second generation. As explained from the sources, the company has been conducting market since the launch of Apple Watch and concluded that most users are satisfied with the current autonomy, which allows them to end the day with a 30 or 40% load remaining in most cases.

For this reason, Apple engineers have focused on other priorities, leaving the autonomy for future generations. Moreover, the introduction of the new night mode indicates that avoid lugging our watch every night is not something that will go away anytime soon.

Release

Finally, as they have advanced some rumors a few days ago, Apple Watch 2 hit the market in 2016, probably by spring. Of course, from 9to5Mac, they warn that all these details that you have brought may vary until the release of the final version, but it’s a good first approximation of what we can expect.

Via 9to5mac