All about
SmartWatches
How and why to build watch apps with
Brian Pullen @wisebeard
A smart watch is just an under
powered phone or a digital
watch with a few tricks.
-Some smartass
This is the year that
smart watches take off
Apple Watch All others
The smart watch has
five killer features today
NotificationsTime keepingFashion Fitness Payments
Your phone is
ruining your life.
-Jonny Ive
Life Get lost in phone
More time for life
Source: @lukew
What if you could make a
device that you wouldn’t
or couldn’t use for hours
at a time?
-Apple
People care about little increases
in speed and convenience
A change from 6 sections to 2 seconds is an eternity
Your magic key to
the world
Some of the best applications
that will be created will focus
on hardware
Source: @lukew
SmartWatches are not a
stand alone platform rather
an extension of mobile
So watches are great,
how do I make an app?
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Samsung Gear S Smart Watch 3 ASUS Zen WatchSamsung Gear 2 Garmin Epix Runcible LG G Watch
Consolidation
will happen quickly
Smartphone, price, features
Let’s design
an FITC app
Navigational style
Schedule & event
Tables, button styles, handoff
Design tips
Edgeless design
Rounded corners
Large type
Context menus
Global actions
Custom icon
Long tap
Design tip
Limit inputs
Short look
Long look
Extend to phone
Auto dismiss button
Basic styling
Modals
Scroll or swipe
Can’t use NFC
Has to close
Glances
Strict layout guides
No interactivity
Single tap
Screen sizes
Unique images
Scalable assets
Icons
Won’t always have a label
Create various sizes
Pro Tips
Battery is a big challenge
18 hours 7 days 2 days
Data transfer and speed
50MB limit, 2mb cache for images. Low energy bluetooth
Animation
8-10 fps for pushed animations
30 fps for app bundle animations
Launch animations are not yet possible
Memory constraints
An interaction could
last only five sections,
10 at most.
-Apple designers
Don’t create Instagram
It literally takes four taps to “like” a picture
Limited SDK
Heart rate
Sound
Taptic
Storage
Motion
NFC
Bluetooth
Watch Faces
Content Context
is king
There is no app for that
Context means that rather than opening an app for every
action we can just have the appropriate one available at
the time we need it.
Work & Experimentation
TSN Globe & Mail Octee Pet FITC
Lets talk about Smartwatches @wisebeard
or email me brian.pullen@twg.ca
Thanks

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