Microsoft's smartwatch would be compatible with iPhone

After not hearing from him for a while, at the beginning of this month we learned that there was a new patent application at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This referred to what could be the future Microsoft smartwatch, and today's rumors continue to confirm this theory.

It is to be expected that Microsoft enters the wearables market, with the imminent arrival of Android Wear and the presentation of Apple's smartwatch, which will surely be this year. Otherwise, you could lose a great opportunity, although it remains to be seen how users receive these new products.

Forbes Reveals New Information

The information revealed by Forbes mentions a smartwatch with sensors capable of measuring our heart rate, which would be compatible with Android phones, iPhone and Windows PhoneThis is something that not many smartwatches we know of can boast, and if true it is a point in Microsoft's favor.

Early indications suggest that instead of forcing the user to activate the heart rate monitor, as is the case with similar devices, the Microsoft smartwatch would all day recording such information.

As you can see in the patent images and according to the new rumors, a device with a color touch screen is expected docked on a wrist strap. The disposition of the same would have been chosen to facilitate the reading and privacy of the notifications.

In terms of autonomy, there is talk of a battery life of 2 days on a single charge, which puts it more or less at the level of the Samsung Gear Fit. It is unknown how long it will take to fully charge it.

Microsoft and smartwatches

It seems that the decision to make a smartwatch compatible with all devices, instead of only those that use Windows, is another of those taken by Satya Nadella in his determination to bring Microsoft products to all platforms:

Some experts believe that the value of the Windows ecosystem could be put at risk, although it must be taken into account that in this case we are talking about a market that is beginning to grow.

If Microsoft decided to make it platform-exclusive, you'd be missing out on most of the mobile market as things currently stand (it's it expects that by the end of the year Windows Phone will represent 3.5% of the global smartphone market, while Android 80.2% and iOS 14.8%).

Via | neowin