The “secret” developer port on the Apple Watch has yet to be harnessed by third-party developers, but it definitely possesses cool powers, as this new video shows: The tiny port hidden by the Apple Watch band can actually charge your device faster than normal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOuUroPZE14
It’s not a huge speed bump, but this video by Reserve Strap, one of the first makers of Apple Watch battery straps, shows how the diagnostic port can be used to charge the Apple Watch slightly faster: 95 percent of a full charge in the time it takes the built-in inductive charger to reach 90 percent.
Looks good, and god knows the Apple Watch could use more battery life. Sadly, the Reserve Strap is plenty pricey: at $249 for a preorder, it’s almost the price of an Apple Watch Sport.
Source: YouTube
Via: Apple Insider
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
One response to “Here’s a faster way to charge your Apple Watch”
That’s the worst price/performance ratio in history. I can’t imagine anyone forking over that much, especially given that no one is sure that Apple won’t disable that technology at some point.