▲ 240 ▼ Why don't smart watches use USB-C to recharge? (shkspr.mobi) submitted 1 year ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 123 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social [S] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children) The article goes into this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] TheFogan@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago (4 children) I think the better question is, why can't wireless charging be more universal. We had decades of 500 different competing phone chargers. (as the famous XKCD comic https://xkcd.com/927/ ) mocks. yet we don't seem to be getting anywhere near the idea of a universal wireless charge system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MudMan@fedia.io 11 points 1 year ago (3 children) I mean, we are for phones. Qi2 is finally becoming more widespread, and the Qi1/Magsafe spec is quietly more compatible than its official support suggests. Why this doesn't extend to watches and only partially to earbuds is a different question, but I at least the most likely devices to have wireless charging are getting there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mesamunefire@piefed.social [S] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) Im not familiar, how small can they get? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MudMan@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) You kind of are, it's basically the same magnets+wireless combo Apple uses for their phones. I don't know if you could use the same charger for a phone. Probably not. But it's a cross-company standard, so the idea would be to do the same for watches, if the standard doesn't include a watch option already (I haven't looked into it, frankly). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mesamunefire@piefed.social [S] 2 points 1 year ago It would be a dream! And I imagine easier to repair as USB anything involves pushing and pulling a physical connector that will eventually break. It may take a long time, but anything that moves will eventually break. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago (4 children) I think the better question is, why can't wireless charging be more universal. We had decades of 500 different competing phone chargers. (as the famous XKCD comic https://xkcd.com/927/ ) mocks. yet we don't seem to be getting anywhere near the idea of a universal wireless charge system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MudMan@fedia.io 11 points 1 year ago (3 children) I mean, we are for phones. Qi2 is finally becoming more widespread, and the Qi1/Magsafe spec is quietly more compatible than its official support suggests. Why this doesn't extend to watches and only partially to earbuds is a different question, but I at least the most likely devices to have wireless charging are getting there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mesamunefire@piefed.social [S] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) Im not familiar, how small can they get? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MudMan@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) You kind of are, it's basically the same magnets+wireless combo Apple uses for their phones. I don't know if you could use the same charger for a phone. Probably not. But it's a cross-company standard, so the idea would be to do the same for watches, if the standard doesn't include a watch option already (I haven't looked into it, frankly). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mesamunefire@piefed.social [S] 2 points 1 year ago It would be a dream! And I imagine easier to repair as USB anything involves pushing and pulling a physical connector that will eventually break. It may take a long time, but anything that moves will eventually break. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MudMan@fedia.io 11 points 1 year ago (3 children) I mean, we are for phones. Qi2 is finally becoming more widespread, and the Qi1/Magsafe spec is quietly more compatible than its official support suggests. Why this doesn't extend to watches and only partially to earbuds is a different question, but I at least the most likely devices to have wireless charging are getting there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mesamunefire@piefed.social [S] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) Im not familiar, how small can they get? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MudMan@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) You kind of are, it's basically the same magnets+wireless combo Apple uses for their phones. I don't know if you could use the same charger for a phone. Probably not. But it's a cross-company standard, so the idea would be to do the same for watches, if the standard doesn't include a watch option already (I haven't looked into it, frankly). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mesamunefire@piefed.social [S] 2 points 1 year ago It would be a dream! And I imagine easier to repair as USB anything involves pushing and pulling a physical connector that will eventually break. It may take a long time, but anything that moves will eventually break. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social [S] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) Im not familiar, how small can they get? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MudMan@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) You kind of are, it's basically the same magnets+wireless combo Apple uses for their phones. I don't know if you could use the same charger for a phone. Probably not. But it's a cross-company standard, so the idea would be to do the same for watches, if the standard doesn't include a watch option already (I haven't looked into it, frankly). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mesamunefire@piefed.social [S] 2 points 1 year ago It would be a dream! And I imagine easier to repair as USB anything involves pushing and pulling a physical connector that will eventually break. It may take a long time, but anything that moves will eventually break. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MudMan@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) You kind of are, it's basically the same magnets+wireless combo Apple uses for their phones. I don't know if you could use the same charger for a phone. Probably not. But it's a cross-company standard, so the idea would be to do the same for watches, if the standard doesn't include a watch option already (I haven't looked into it, frankly). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mesamunefire@piefed.social [S] 2 points 1 year ago It would be a dream! And I imagine easier to repair as USB anything involves pushing and pulling a physical connector that will eventually break. It may take a long time, but anything that moves will eventually break. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social [S] 2 points 1 year ago It would be a dream! And I imagine easier to repair as USB anything involves pushing and pulling a physical connector that will eventually break. It may take a long time, but anything that moves will eventually break. permalink fedilink source parent