Many times we want to get a device but we do not know how it will fit on our wrist (in the case of an Apple Watch), or whether it will adapt well to our ear (as with AirPods). A situation that Apple solves by offering us the possibility of testing these devices in the Apple Store itself. Of course, it seems that these tests have come to an end as a containment measure against the new threat of the Coronavirus ... Apple is asking its employees not to offer Apple Watch or AirPods trial units ...
As we told you, Apple has sent a circular to its employees to prevent them from offering their customers the possibility of trying on AirPods or an Apple Watch. Yes, apparently If we are the ones who request this test, they should let us try the AirPods or the Apple Watch, they will let us test them, but it will never be the employees themselves who offer us this possibility in order to reduce the risk of transmission when testing these devices.
Apple is reducing Apple Watch testing at some of its retail stores in an effort to combat the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, according to sources familiar with the matter. Apple Store employees are instructed not to encourage customers to try products like Apple Watch and AirPods, and to allow customers to do so only on request.
Apart from all these measures, Apple is trying to make Apple Stores clean even more, trying to disinfect all exposed devices and create cleaning routines among your employees. As soon as an employee notices symptoms related to the Coronavirus, he will be sent home from sick leave to avoid new infections and keep employees and the public who go to the Apple Store safe. In risk areas too Today at Apple sessions have been canceled as a contingency measure. We will see how this situation evolves since undoubtedly this Coronavirus is changing our way of life ...