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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

Why don't smart watches use USB-C to recharge?

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Why don't smart watches use USB-C to recharge?

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

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It looks like the new Google's Pixel 4 watch comes with yet another incompatible change in charging technology. This is a ridiculous situation. The original Pixel Watch used one type of wireless charging. Then the Pixel Watch 2 & 3 removed wireless charging and swapped to a different charging mechanism. And now the 4 has changed again. So three different charging cables in under three years.…

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At that scale, the connector and the necessary electronics are too large.
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  And yet, I literally have one on my wrist now. It’s not noticeably bigger than the Pixel 3 watch.
  
  Here’s a video of it in action - https://tube.tchncs.de/w/vYTnG6eKghnicdNj5nkhVx
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