Apple Watch Series 8 is expected to be introduced together with the iPhone 14 series smartphones at the event to be held in September. Just a few weeks before the launch, it turned out that Apple has patented a temperature sensor suitable for use in smart watches.
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MyHealthyApple website shared some details about the patent called “Determining the temperature gradient in electronic devices”. The clear display of the Apple Watch in all documents indicates that the company plans to apply the technology to its next-generation smartwatches.
Apple’s patent also mentions an electronic device enclosure with a temperature sensing system that includes a temperature sensor and a differential temperature probe. The system works by calculating the difference between the two ends of the probe.
One end touches the surface to be measured, while the other is connected to the temperature sensor. The voltage difference at different ends of the probe can then be compared with differential temperature measurement. The patent goes on to explain in detail how the temperature measuring hardware works.
Will it be featured on the Apple Watch 8?
The documents explain how a special temperature sensor inside the device can be used to monitor the temperature of a component like the processor, while saying that the sensor can be used to measure the absolute temperature of an external surface like the skin.
There were many rumors that the Apple Watch Series 8 could measure body temperature. We will find out together whether the information in question reflects the truth at the event that Apple will organize in September.
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