Apple Watch gets new Pride-themed bands

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Apple has only announced its new Pride-edition Apple Watch bands, likewise as new matching watch face wallpapers that will launch through an upcoming software update. Both bands were unveiled yesterday on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT).

1 of the bands features a colorful braided style, which goes on your wrist without the need to arrange the squeeze or the buckle. "New Braided Solo Loop represents the latitude of LGBTQ+ communities and experiences," Apple said.

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This isn't the first time Apple has released a Pride-themed Apple tree Watch ring; dorsum in 2016, the visitor launched a limited-edition band and watch face and information technology'southward repeated that every year since.

However, this twelvemonth Apple tree managed to elevate the whole look by adding colors from other Pride flags to the traditional Pride rainbow look. For instance, light blue, pink, and white have been added in guild to represent the transgender and not-binary community, while black and brown stand for the Blackness and Latinx communities.

Apple CEO Tim Cook added: "On many fronts, Apple supports the ongoing and unfinished piece of work of equality for diverse and intersectional communities, and we want to provide every opportunity to celebrate and honour this history during Pride season."

And of course, nosotros're likewise getting a new watch confront that is specifically designed to match this band and all of its featured colors in a corresponding wavy pattern.

Similar to Apple'southward previously released braided solo loop bands, this one is priced at $99.

The other band is a classic Nike Sport Loop (priced at $49), which features all of the 6 original Pride rainbow colors mixed with white in a striped blueprint. Owners of this ring will also appreciate a Nike Pride watch face that perfectly matches the band.

Both bands are already available for purchase on Apple's official website and are due to hit in-store shelves on May 25.

According to Apple, the company "is proud to build on its long-running financial back up for LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations working to bring about positive change, including Encircle, Equality North Carolina, Equality Texas, Gender Spectrum, GLSEN, Human Rights Entrada, National Centre for Transgender Equality, PFLAG National, SMYAL, and The Trevor Project in the US, also as ILGA Globe internationally."

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