Gracious Apple is letting you keep your old watch bands for yet another year
Despite the size increase, Apple Watch Series 10 continues to support previous models’ bands.
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- Apple Watch Series models have always offered small and large variants.
- Small watch bands work with any small Apple Watch, while bands designed for large watches work with any large model.
- While the size of the Apple Watch Series 10 has increased, the aforementioned compatibility still applies.
Apple Watch Series 10 launched yesterday, featuring a superior speaker, larger display, thinner design, water temperature sensor, and much more. One common concern among those planning to upgrade is band compatibility. Given its bigger build, do older Apple Watch bands work with the Series 10? Fortunately, yes.
Apple states on its website that “older Apple Watch bands, including 41mm and 45mm sizes, will be compatible with the new 42mm and 46mm cases, and all new 42mm and 46mm bands will be compatible with older Apple Watch models.”