Actionable Stock Market Trading Newswire. Built for Traders, by Traders.
All news is property of their respective owners.

Apple Reportedly Abandoned ‘Project Fennel’ That Would Have Made Watches Compatible With Android

The abandoned project would have made Apple Health's services to a greater audience.
byBenzinga Neuro
November 1, 2023
1 minute read
Total
0
Shares
0
0
0
0
0
0

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) reportedly ceased efforts to make its Apple Watch and Health app compatible with Android devices,

The initiative, known as “Project Fennel,” was abandoned as it neared completion, reported Bloomberg. This move is seen as another instance of Apple’s strategy to protect its ecosystem and product interdependence.

See Also: Apple Q4 Earnings Preview: All Eyes On iPhone 15

A source familiar with the decision stated to Bloomberg, “If you gave up the watch to Android, you would dilute the value of the watch to the iPhone.”

Had it been successful, the halted project would have extended Apple’s health services to a larger global audience, particularly in markets where Android dominates.

This is not the first time Apple has chosen not to extend its services to Android. Documents from the lawsuit by Epic Games against Apple in 2020 revealed that the tech giant decided as early as 2013 not to develop an Android version of iMessage.

Read Next: YouTube Expands Its Ad Blocker Crackdown Globally: Pay Up $13.99 A Month Or Watch Ads

Image Source – Shutterstock

Engineered by
Benzinga Neuro, Edited by


Pooja Rajkumari

The GPT-4-based Benzinga Neuro content generation system exploits the
extensive Benzinga Ecosystem, including native data, APIs, and more to
create comprehensive and timely stories for you.
Learn more.

 
Total
0
Shares
Share 0
Tweet 0
Share 0
Share 0
Share 0
Share 0
Related Posts
Read More

Canopy Growth’s Big Step Toward Entry Into US Cannabis Market As DEA Rescheduling Looms

By Jelena Martinovic
April 19, 1:28 PM
Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX: WEED) (NASDAQ: CGC) said that in connection with the creation of the company's non-voting and non-participating exchangeable shares, on Thursday, April 18, Greenstar Canada Investment Limited Partnership and CBG Holdings LLC, each a wholly-owned subsidiary of Constellation Brands Inc (NYSE: STZ) exchanged all 17,149,925 common shares in the capital of the company they collectively held for 17,149,925 exchangeable shares for no consideration. The CBG Group no longer holds any common shares of Canopy, as a result, the company said on Thursday. In connection with the termination of the investor rights agreement between CBG, Greenstar and Canopy Growth, the parties entered earlier and following the note exchange, Garth Hankinson, Judy Schmeling and James Sabia each provided notice to the company of his or her decision to resign from the board.

CGC