They’ve been listening more lately.

This effectively happened to me when I upgraded to the ultra. The old bands fit - but not quite…

Unfortunately if we want Apple to innovate, this is a price for innovation. Maybe they will sell an adaptor ,

23/7. I charge it when I am showering and getting ready in the morning and am good. I have an ultra and now do this every third day.

It saved my life 2 months ago. Had a massive fall during a free solo (solo) hike. The watch knew I fell, sent 911 my name and my precise geotagged location (I have the ultra and it uses 2 GPS bands - so crazy accuracy. It also sent my location and that I fell to my family.

I had many serous broken bones and was losing blood. EMS was at my location in 6 minutes. My family - through watch sent alerts - tracked me in the ambulance to the hospital. The watch would report my location to them as I was moving. They literally knew what hospital to got to because they were getting Apple texts. I was in surgery when they got to the hospital, but they were there to see me in recovery!

So in my view for anyone who is not a couch potato, it’s become a potentially life saving tool.