Apple reportedly spent years trying to port Apple Watch to Android

Apple reportedly spent several years trying to bring Apple Watch support to Android smartphones, the company said in its response to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday. Previous reports have revealed the company’s efforts to power its smartwatches on phones running Google’s smartphone operating system, but this is the first time Apple has confirmed that it previously wanted to launch an Apple Watch that would work with Android phones.

Company response (pass A lawsuit filed by 9to5Mac with the U.S. Department of Justice alleges that the company is considering supporting Apple Watch on Android phones. The company has reportedly decided to abandon plans to expand smartwatch support beyond iPhones due to technical limitations discovered within three years.

this The U.S. Justice Department’s 88-page lawsuit Alleges Apple violated U.S. antitrust laws (federal and state), including allegedly reducing the quality of cross-platform messaging (iMessage exclusivity), reducing the functionality of non-Apple smartwatches (iPhone only), and banning cloud streaming of games on iOS , as well as preventing third-party apps from offering Apple Pay’s tap-to-pay functionality.

Apple told the publication that the lawsuit “threats our identity and the principles that make Apple products stand out in a fiercely competitive market,” adding that it plans to “vigorously defend” the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit, which it believes “Wrong on fact” and law”.

Last year, Bloomberg report Apple engineers are “deeply involved” in a project called Project Fennel that aims to bring the Apple Watch and the company’s health apps to Android smartphones. The project was reportedly canceled near completion so that the wearable device could continue to drive Apple’s iPhone sales.