Apple Watch: Own health chip planned for the smartwatch

Apple is apparently currently working on a new chip that will work together with the processor but is specifically designed for health features. This could also be used in the next generation of the Apple Watch.

The Apple Watch In terms of health, it probably still doesn't have enough on it - Apple is now finding, which should work on a new chip for the smartwatch. This separate chip is meant to focus only on health features. For example, this should analyze the user's pulse. Other uses are also conceivable here.

Employees wanted for development

There are currently several chips in the Apple Watch. For example the Apple W2 chip, which is responsible for connectivity features such as Bluetooth and WLAN. There are certainly more here, but they are not really known. If Apple continues the typical naming scheme, the chip could probably be called H. The H could stand for health here. The health chip, the first generation, H1 doesn't seem to be ready yet.

Who CNBC Now reports that they are currently looking for employees to develop and produce the chip. If you consider the development time and complexity of such a processor chip, it will certainly take some time. In a month, Apple will present new hardware, as always in September - will it be ready by then? It will probably only be used in the successor, the Apple Watch Series 5.