Watan: Apple decided to stop all forms of support for the first generation of its smart watch, and placed all versions of the first generation of its smart watch on the “Obsolete” list of old devices since the end of last September.
Apple defines its old products as products that it stopped distributing for sale more than 7 years ago.
The company is discontinuing all hardware services for older products, and service providers cannot order replacement parts for older products.
Owners of the first generation of Apple smart watches will not be able to request repair services for them in official Apple stores, or at its authorized agents.
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The company stopped selling the first generation of its smart watch in 2016, and support for its operating system ended in 2018 with the launch of the watchOS 5 update.
The decision to finally stop support includes all versions of the first generation measuring 38 or 42 mm, regardless of the manufacturing materials, whether aluminum or stainless steel, in addition to the version made of 18-karat gold, which the company was selling for 17 thousand US dollars.
Apple first unveiled its smart watch in April 2015, and it quickly became the best-selling wearable device around the world.
The number of Apple Watch users was estimated at more than 115 million users by the end of last 2022.
