yeah a standard charger would be nice, but I'm not sure the answer is USBC.

It's also hard to make a port like that water resistant. Using wireless charging is easier to make flat and seal tightly.

I mean, we are for phones. Qi2 is finally becoming more widespread, and the Qi1/Magsafe spec is quietly more compatible than its official support suggests.

Why this doesn't extend to watches and only partially to earbuds is a different question, but I at least the most likely devices to have wireless charging are getting there.

Im not familiar, how small can they get?

It's not that it's too large to exist, but it's certainly large enough that it'll make a dent in the battery space, and smartwatches are already battery-starved compared to dumb ones.

Its a terrible idea for a number of reasons, but as everybody else is saying, that doesn't mean you give up on standardization.

If you mean a USB-C port in general, they can be made waterproof. If you mean something specific to putting one in the most compact form factor possible, that might be true.

You kind of are, it's basically the same magnets+wireless combo Apple uses for their phones.

I don't know if you could use the same charger for a phone. Probably not. But it's a cross-company standard, so the idea would be to do the same for watches, if the standard doesn't include a watch option already (I haven't looked into it, frankly).

Don't watches use pads to recharge with a usbc? My samsung did.

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It would be a dream! And I imagine easier to repair as USB anything involves pushing and pulling a physical connector that will eventually break. It may take a long time, but anything that moves will eventually break.

yeah I saw that....might take a closer look after its out and reviewed.
ATM my forever watch (and old CASIO) is still going strong. It outlived the pebble haha.

Clearly we need MicroUSB-C /s

A usb-c port would be a large percentage of the volume of your standard wearable. Percentage that could be used for battery

Most wearable chargers are a few flat contacts or a tiny qi charger coil

Because the port and the associated internal hardware would take up a huge amount of space.

It's not much space to a smartphone, but to a device the size of a watch, the USB-C port would end up being the largest internal component.

Wireless charging is the answer for most watches, though it means cases can't be all metal and glass.

And yet, I literally have one on my wrist now. It's not noticeably bigger than the Pixel 3 watch.

Here's a video of it in action - https://tube.tchncs.de/w/vYTnG6eKghnicdNj5nkhVx

I wrote the post above. So far, the USB-C watch has lasted over 3 days and still has over 50% battery power.

Obviously, at that price it isn't running a cellular radio or GPS. BLE is amazingly efficient - as are the built in sensors.

My spoon USB-C port is too big

eta: JFC, who wrote this?

Here is a modern smartwatch with USB C

Picture of a fucking brick with straps

Seriously, none of those "examples" are anything I would consider wearing, and I have clubs for hands

Galaxy watch is not technically Qi but WPC compatible and I've ised a number of qi chargers that have worked with it. Also charges directly off my phone via power share.
I would prefer cramming more battery into the thing rather than cramming a USB port into it.

This is confirmation bias, you know it’s possible so you’re discounting downsides.

Yes, a connector can fit in the watch, but the internal footprint of the connector is comparatively huge. All the other components of the watch would need to be designed to fit around a large connector essentially directly in the middle of the device internals.

If that’s really important to you, more power to you. I don’t have an issue with it existing. I do have a bit of a problem with pretending that compromises aren’t being made in features to accommodate it.

A standardized magnetic pogo pin connector would meet my needs quite a bit better, personally.

I have a Garmin watch. Lasts 2+ weeks on a charge depending on how I use it.