Environmental Sensors

Current Apple Watches already feature sensor suites that can alert users to dangerous conditions, such as ambient environments that are too loud. But, in the future, Apple could take that one step further with sensors that may be able to detect carbon monoxide or dangerous chemicals in the air.

Apple has been working on similar technology for health purposes, but the goal of this particular patent would be for safety. Beyond carbon monoxide detective, the speaker-embedded sensors could even alert users to high ozone levels or particles in the ambient environment or air around them.