A new Bloomberg report indicates that the Apple Watch Series 8 will see major updates from its predecessor and the Series 3 may be finally discontinued. The report points out that 2022 will mark an important year in the trajectory of the Apple Watch as some new features debut on the highly sought-after Apple Watch.
The Apple Watch 3 is currently at the base of the Apple Watch lineup and it may have finished its course and is due for retirement this year. What this implies is that there will be no further software update support for the Apple Watch 3 going forward. The Bloomberg report is attributed to Mark Gurman, an authoritative Apple buff of long-standing.
Gurman says three new Apple Watch models will be birthed this year namely the Apple Watch Series 8, an updated version of the Apple Watch SE, and an extreme sports edition Apple Watch. The race to transform smart wearables into full health and fitness gadgets is still on but Gurman does not see any new health sensor being added to the specs of the upcoming models. A few smartwatches from several brands now sport blood pressure monitoring in addition to the standard vital statistics measurements available on the devices. But we should expect major updates in the overall architecture of the Apple Watch.
Although Gurman has a track record of several bulls-eye predictions in the past, there is no official confirmation yet from Apple on the matter.
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