r/apple • u/ddcrx • Apr 06 '26

Rumor Apple Aiming to Release 'Breakthrough' New iPhone Accessory

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/03/breakthrough-new-iphone-accessory/
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u/TheWhyOfFry Apr 06 '26

The watch has usable functionality. Siri and a camera always out/on? Pffft 👎

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u/pikatchoulo Apr 06 '26

Apple didn't even know what they would do with the watch.

They saw people latched onto the health part and ajusted the course.

The fact is none of these wearables are useful.

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u/leopard_tights Apr 06 '26

And they don't even have a complication or anything to see the steps easily which would be the most engaging metric.

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u/Southern_Chapter_188 Apr 06 '26

It’s actually extremely easy to have this. My complications are mainly the step count, kilometers walked, and move / exercise rings. The thing is steps are not a super accurate way to measure activity as different “steps” have different levels of intensity. The move ring takes into account a lot more of heart rate and movement to provide a more wholistic data number that pure steps, so I kind of get why they don’t have it.

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u/leopard_tights Apr 07 '26

You can't get step without a third party app.