Article 5PC29 Apple has reportedly appointed wearable chief Kevin Lynch to lead its car division

Apple has reportedly appointed wearable chief Kevin Lynch to lead its car division

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Darrell Etherington
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Apple has reportedly appointed a new executive to lead the development of its secretive self-driving car division. According to Bloomberg, the company has tapped Kevin Lynch to oversee Project Titan following the departure of executive Doug Field, who left the iPhone maker for Ford earlier this week.

The name may not be familiar, but if you've watched any Apple event in recent years, you've seen Lynch on stage. After a stint at Adobe, he joined Apple in 2013 to oversee the company's wearable and health unit and has frequently been the one to present whatever new features Apple is working on for watchOS.

Bloomberg reports Lynch joined the division earlier in the year but is now overseeing the entire unit. The outlet notes Lynch's appointment suggests Apple is likely focusing on underlying software that a self-driving car would need to navigate the road, instead of a vehicle that we could see the company release anytime soon.

Editor's note: This article originally appeared on Engadget.

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