Apple today announced a new collection of “Sport Loop bands” for the Apple Watch, with accompanying watch faces to go with them. The new Sport Loop bands feature “bold designs representing 22 nations from around the world” and come ahead of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo next month.
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These limited edition bands are designed to “celebrate the described motivation and competitive spirit of all athletes.” Here are the countries represented by the new bands:
The new Sport Collection Loop International bands available represent the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and the USA.
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Each band also comes with a matching Stripes watch face that showcases the band's color scheme directly on your watch face.
The International Collection Apple Watch Sport Loop bands are available in 40mm and 44mm sizes for $49 from Apple's website (scroll down and search for "International Collection"). The band comes with an App Clip feature for easily downloading the Stripes Apple Watch face for your country.
Apple also says that Stripes watch faces will be available for download soon from Apple.com for all users with Apple Watch Series 4 or later.
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This is the second time Apple has sold limited edition watch bands for the Olympics. In 2016, Apple sold a series of Apple Watch bands depicting the flags of 14 different countries, but they were only available for purchase in Brazil at the Apple Store in the Village Mall in Barra da Tijuca.
Information source: 9to5mac.com
