Apple Removes USB Power Adapters from Apple Watch

Gary Ng
4 years ago

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Apple has announced during its ‘Time Flies’ special event the new Apple Watch Series 6 and cheaper Apple Watch SE.

The new Series 6 comes with a new blood oxygen app to measure your body’s blood oxygen in just 15 seconds.

But there’s also something more interesting announced—the removal of the USB power adapter from Apple Watch this year.

Apple says this is an environmental move and the exclusion of the USB power adapter is the equivalent of taking 50,000 cars per year off the road, explains the company. You can bet the same will follow when iPhone 12 is announced next month.

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