Apple Discontinues Support for First Generation Smart Watches, Official Announcement

2023-10-02 23:44:50

Publication date: October 3, 2023 0 Apple decided to stop all forms of support for the first generation of its smart watch, according to an internal memo obtained by the MacRumors 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 “Obsolete” list of old devices since the end of last September. Apple defines its old products as products that “were no longer available for sale 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. Topics related to what you are reading now: The company had 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 final decision to stop support includes all versions of the first generation measuring 38 or 42 millimeters, regardless of Regardless of the manufacturing materials, whether aluminum or stainless steel, in addition to the version made of 18 carat gold, which the company was selling for 17 thousand US dollars. Apple had unveiled its smart watch for the first time in April 2015, and it quickly became the best-selling wearable device around the world, and the number of Apple Watch users was estimated at more than 115 million users by the end of last 2022. Subscribe to the notification service to stay informed of the latest technical developments. Subscribe
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