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mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Why don't smart watches use USB-C to recharge?

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Why don't smart watches use USB-C to recharge?

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mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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It looks like the new Google's Pixel 4 watch comes with yet another incompatible change in charging technology. This is a ridiculous situation. The original Pixel Watch used one type of wireless charging. Then the Pixel Watch 2 & 3 removed wireless charging and swapped to a different charging mechanism. And now the 4 has changed again. So three different charging cables in under three years.…
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    I can’t imagine how filthy the port would get on mine. Industrial work places and open ports are notconductive conducive to the healthy life of electronics.

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      Btw, using fiddly electronics in a work environment is neither.

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      I don’t know if you looked at the photo in my post - but there’s a rubber flap covering the USB-port.

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      Not conductive? Isn’t that a good thing?

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        Lol, conducive was the word they were going for

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          I know. :-)

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        I like you.

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        For a charging port?

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          For filth in a charging port, yeah.

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