Reserve Strap and the secret Apple Watch plug


We've developed and tested a completely rethought design that takes advantage of the 6 pin port underneath the band slide of the Apple Watch. This port hadn't been deciphered by anyone until now but we've been able to make significant enough observations so far to warrant shifting our development focus to this new method. We're looking forward to sharing more design details and technical specification of this new Reserve Strap as soon as we can.

I think the idea of a battery backup watch band is interesting, but people should probably take a wait and see approach. The Apple Watch battery life for me is better than I'd hope. Not only could money for something like the Reserve Strap go elsewhere while not encumber your wrist for additional gear, but I'm not sure how I feel about someone having access to that data port.