An Introduction to

Manuel Vicente Vivo

@manuelvicnt

Why it came to life?

How can Android Wear mitigate this situation?

Same ecosystem, Different purposes

Purposes

Forever Last Year

Last Month Now

Why Android Wear?

• It’s completely different from the tech we use.

• 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

New features from Google I/O 2015

• Always-on feature

• Draw emojis

New features from Google I/O 2015

• WiFi & GPS.

• New Launcher (avoid a lot of vertical scrolling).

New features from Google I/O 2015

• Wrist gestures (depending on the direction you want to go).

New 1.3 Android Wear update

• Google Translate on your wrist

• Interactive Watch faces

New 1.3 Android Wear update

• Together

• iOS compatible

Devices

Other Wear platforms to consider

• Apple WatchOS

• Tizen

Thanks for Listening

• Questions?

An Introduction to

Manuel Vicente Vivo

@manuelvicnt