According to foreign media Apple Insider reports, Apple Watches in 2021 after the Series 7 model added a fast charging function, Apple officials claimed that “the current Apple Watch’s fast charging function, you can make the watch from 0% fast charging to 80% in about 45 minutes”. 80% in about 45 minutes.”
▲ Source AppleInsider
Apple Watch uses a proprietary charging protocol based on Qi, ordinary Qi chargers can not supply power to the Apple Watch, so third-party chargers produced by “sub-factories” must purchase special charging modules from Apple in order to charge the watch.
The media claims that after the Series 7 watches, Apple did not provide the “sub-factory” with the appropriate “fast charging module”, so the “sub-factory” can only use the Series 7 watches. The second-party Apple Watch chargers were made using the traditional “slow charge” charging modules that were available before the Series 7 Watches.
Apple now plans to start the “sub-factory” to switch to fast charging modules, but according to foreign media, Apple’s request “is mandatory”, after August 31 this year “sub-factory “can only order a fast charging module numbered C962, can no longer order” slow charging module “and Apple’s official fast charging module pricing compared to the slow charging is more expensive, so the foreign media that Apple Watches third-party chargers will usher in a price increase.
