• Opportunities in the market and companies know it.
Recipe for success
• First of all…
Think “Actions” … not Applications
Recipe for success
• In your mobile app, the Content is your strength.
Content Context
Recipe for success
• Launched automatically: timely, relevant and very specific.
• Glanceable: fast, sharp and immediate.
• Zero or low interaction: focused on simple interactions.
Design Principles
• Don’t stop the user.
• Design for big gestures.
Example: Design for big gestures
• Duolingo
Design Principles
• Think about stream cards first.
• Do one thing, really fast.
• Design for the corner of the eye.
• Don’t be a constant shoulder tapper.
Wearable App structure
• People are used to interact with Android Wear in a grid/matrix mode.
Different approach
• Shazam, Tinder, Amazon …
As always, Learn from Google
Development point of view
ApplicationsNotifications
Notifications out of the box
• Bridged and contextual.
• Improve them for the watch with a bit more of code.
Applications
• Data Sync.
• Custom Layouts.
• Voice actions.
Technical Considerations
Technical Implementations
• How to add a new Wear app to your already existing Mobile one: https://medium.com/@manuelvicnt/android-wear-add-a-wear-app-to-your-already-existing-android-app-2a668442dd0a
• Interactions with Data API Layer: https://medium.com/@manuelvicnt/android-wear-accessing-the-data-layer-api-d64fd55982e3