The document discusses the growing trend of wearable app development, highlighting the increasing consumer expectations for standalone functionality and better user interfaces despite the challenges posed by small screen sizes. It emphasizes the importance of battery life, memory efficiency, and security in the design of wearable apps, particularly in finance and healthcare sectors. Additionally, it notes the high abandonment rate of smartwatches due to limited usability, suggesting the need for feature-rich apps to enhance user satisfaction.

1. Exploring Opportunities in
Wearable App Development Arena
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Technology continues to influence people with its advancements. If talking
specifically about handheld devices, we have changed our preferences
from pager to mobile phones, smartphones, tablets and wearables in short
period of time.
Wearable app development arena has experienced a surge as people are
expecting to use more wearable apps in future. Did you know that one out
of six consumers own a wearable device? This compact size device is the
most convenient way to be updated with recent phone calls, messages and
other updates.

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Wearable devices are used in conjunction with mobile phones to
experience its unlimited benefits. It is observed that employees using
wearable technology recorded 8.5% increase in productivity and 3.5% rise
in job satisfaction.
MAPPING EXPECTATIONS WITH OPPORTUNITIES
However, users expect much more than this. They look at wearables as a
promising replacement of smartphones where they could be used
standalone to handle few operations.
Users love this wearables technology and want it to grow big by
overcoming challenges that come in the way of development lifecycle.

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As all of us know that the major issue faced by designers during wearable
app development is because of its small screen size. This is a major
restriction when thinking of deigning user interface for the wearable app.
As there is not much room to include different UI elements, it is
recommended to keep it simple with fewer and clearly visible icons.
DEALING WITH DESIGN RELATED CHALLENGES
Another effective way to deal with small screen size of wearables is to use
voice commands for triggering actions. In combination to voice
commands, wearable apps can incorporate support for gestures that
respond to incoming calls or messages with vibration or sound.
USER INTERFACE

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How will your wearable app interact with the user? Though small in size,
the way users engage and interact with it defines its overall user
experience. The shape of screen (circle, oval or square), size of display
screen and operating system on which the device operates is considered
while crafting the UX of app.
DEALING WITH DESIGN RELATED CHALLENGES
Wearable application launched for a particular OS does not run on another
device with different OS. As of now, there are not any hybrid frameworks
available to develop apps that could run on multiple platforms. When
wearables app are portable in nature, one could expect high ROI.
USER EXPERIENCE

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Users have high expectations when it comes to battery life of wearables or
even smartphones. This makes it important for developers to take the
aspect of battery life into consideration while developing wearable app.
OVERCOMING OTHER TECHNICAL CHALLENGES
Minimum battery eating apps are usually preferred by users. Those apps
that drain more battery are useless because wearables are designed to last
longer than other handheld devices. Wearables apps can be designed in a
way to use device-specific battery saving feature.
BATTERY

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Though the app is expected to include high-end functionalities
and features, it should not be heavy in terms of size.
Applications that consume less RAM space are preferred for
wearables. Wearables have limited storage space which makes
it essential for its apps to be memory conservative.
OVERCOMING OTHER TECHNICAL CHALLENGES
Apps need to have strong mechanisms in place to
protect sensitive and personal information of user.
This factor becomes utmost crucial when considering
wearable app development in finance and healthcare
sector.
MEMORY
SECURITY & PRIVACY

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Wearable app development is triggered considering the increasing trend
of this gadget among audience. However, with every opportunity comes a
major challenge to deal with. The abandonment rate of smartwatches is
high in the recent times and the only reason for this is its limited
usability.
CONCLUSION
One way to increase the utility of smartwatches and other wearables is
to develop high-end apps that fulfill user’s expectations. If you are in
search of a trustworthy wearable app development company who can
assist you in creating feature-rich app, get in touch with Hidden Brains
today!