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Apple Starts Third-Party Watchband Dev Program

May 5, 2015 By Dan Rosenbaum

apple watch groupJust as any new Apple product begets an accessories market, the Apple Watch is birthing a market in watchbands. Apple has announced a “Made for Apple Watch” program for third-party bands, and promises that the lugs — the tiny hardware pieces that snap into the watches’ band grooves — will be available soon.

What the guidelines did not say was anything about the mystery port that’s hidden in one of those grooves. Presumably, it remains off-limits, not that that’s stopping the adventurous.

 

 

Last updated by Dan Rosenbaum on February 1, 2017.

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