Samsung's latest smartwatch patent puts a screen on the rotary dial

One of Samsung smartwatches' defining features for a while has been their rotary dial (or at least it has for the circle-shaped models, anyway). So it's no surprise the company would be looking into ways to upgrade that feature in new ways, as evidenced by a new patent application for a screen-equipped dial which is to be possibly used in a future smartwatch.

While, as usual, we advise against getting overly excited for a patent, as there's very little guarantee such a product is anything more than a Samsung engineer's fever dream at the moment. First ...