Hold onto your timepieces folks: Apple is working on a smart watch that runs on iOS, just like the iPhone and iPad. Is it the next generation iPod nano?
Both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are reporting that Apple is “experimenting” with a smart watch based on iOS and a curved glass screen. The Times also says that it’ll be controlled with Siri, Apple’s clever voice assistant that responds to natural language commands.
For now, it appears Apple is only testing this idea in its labs, with no concrete plan to bring it to market. But it wouldn’t be the biggest surprise if it did: smart watches are finally coming of age. The recently released Pebble watch for iPhone and Android raised more than $10 million (£6.3,) on Kickstarter, while Apple itself has encouraged iPod nano users to use the square touchscreen model as a watch by releasing different clock faces for it.
It’s no secret that iPod sales are falling too, so could Apple’s masterplan be to turn the next iPod nano into a smartwatch? An iPod that connected to your iPhone to display notifications and even run apps could easily become an essential accessory, and send those sales soaring right up again.
What do you make of the news? Would you use an Apple smartwatch? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
