Beijing morning time on May 9 morning news, Apple has just obtained a round display patent, may be used for Apple Watch smart watches.
Since its launch in 2015, the appearance of the Apple Watch has remained basically unchanged, and each generation of products has adopted a square design. However, it is worth noting that this patent was submitted after the first-generation Apple Watch was released, so this may not necessarily be an eternal. The patent that will not be implemented, but shows that Apple hopes to prepare for the alternative design scheme through this patent, in order to produce the round Apple Watch in the future.
The patent contains some of the possible appearances of a circular display, which seems to describe a smart watch. However, even if Apple obtained such a patent, it cannot guarantee that it will use the patent in its design.
Apple has not commented on this yet.