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Apple Abandons Plans for MicroLED Apple Watch By Jesse Hollington A special thanks to iDropNews for republishing permission. Images provided by iDropNews. Be sure to visit them at idropnews.com Apple Talk is just that. Talk.The information provided in the Apple Talk section has NOT been confirmed by Apple and may be speculation or rumors. It’s hard to argue that 2024 hasn’t already been an eventful year for Apple. The Vision Pro came out in February, taking the world — or at least the US — by storm. We also saw a new M3 MacBook Air lineup, and there’s every reason to believe some exciting new iPad updates are just around the corner. Sadly, though, it hasn’t all been sunshine and roses for the company, as it’s also faced a few setbacks. In fact, 2024 is shaping up to be one of Apple’s most challenging years in recent memory, as the company faces significant legal challenges from European and US antitrust regulators on one side and a pair of Apple Watch patent battles from left field that have left the future of Apple’s health monitoring technology in flux. It’s also the year when Apple’s executives seem to be re-evaluating the company’s roadmap for some of its longer-term “moonshot” projects. Late last month, we heard the shocking news that the Apple Car had been unceremoniously canceled, putting an end to nearly ten years of rumors and speculation about Apple’s automotive ambitions. There are also reasons to believe Apple has abandoned its attempts to develop its own 5G modem chip and scaled back plans for its much-rumored AR glasses into a more basic pair of smart glasses. Now it looks like Apple is also giving up on another of its longstanding ambitions: building microLED displays for the Apple Watch. Rumors of Apple’s work on microLED technology have been swirling for at least seven years now. A 2017 report on Apple’s patents on the tech was followed by the revelation of a secret facility where microLED displays were being developed, and it wasn’t long before Apple’s supply chain began speculating that it would soon be coming to an Apple Watch. Following a 2020 report that microLED wasn’t coming to the Apple Watch Series 6, things got