Since sleep tracking dramatically increases the need for robust battery life without having to resort to very specific charging rituals, I hope this means that

Since sleep tracking dramatically increases the need for robust battery life without having to resort to very specific charging rituals, I hope this means that Apple will finally debut an Apple Watch strap which utilizes the electrical contacts hidden away in the lower strap retention channel. Officially, the contacts make up a diagnostic port, but it's been proven that the contacts support charging. Apple has been expected to release a segmented battery strap for quite a while, but it's never materialized. Even in the sport band, where the portion of the lower retention strap usable for battery placement is severely limited by the clasp-holding punctures, you can easily double or triple the battery capacity of the Apple Watch and maintain flexibility of the band by using a dozen or so interconnected segmented batteries. [1] The pleated leather loop bands do not have punctures since they utilize magnetic retention, and can easily be adapted to hold one battery segment per pleated portion. As many as two dozen battery segments can be sewn into the loop, assuming that a magnet and a battery can coexist in a single pleat. [2] [1]: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MLKX2ZM/A/38mm-midnight-blue-sport-band-s-m-m-l https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MLKX2ZM/A/38mm-midnight-b... [2]: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MLHL2ZM/A/42mm-midnight-blue-leather-loop-medium https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MLHL2ZM/A/42mm-midnight-b...