2023-10-03 15:46:05
Apple decided to stop all forms of support for the first generation of its smart watch, according to an internal memo published by the “McRoomers” website, which specializes in news regarding the American company. The company has placed all versions of the first generation of its smart watch on the list of old devices since the end of last September. Apple defines its legacy products as products that “stopped selling more than 7 years ago.” The company stops “all hardware services for old products, and service providers cannot request spare parts for old products,” according to what the company states on its official website. Owners of the first generation of Apple smart watches will not be able to request repair services for them in official Apple stores or at its authorized agents. The company stopped selling the first generation of its smart watch in 2016, and support for its operating system ended in 2018 with the launch of the “WatchOS 5” update. The decision to permanently stop support includes all versions of the first generation measuring 38 or 42 mm, regardless of the manufacturing materials, whether aluminum or stainless steel, in addition to the version made of 18-karat gold, which the company was selling for 17 thousand US dollars. Apple first unveiled its smart watch in April 2015, and it quickly became the best-selling wearable device in the world, and the number of Apple Watch users was estimated at more than 115 million users by the end of last 2022.
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