When first Apple Watch SDK got released in November 2014, there was no clear understanding of its capabilities. To see how far it can go, our team decided to integrate the watch with Tesla car. After a big success of Tesla Apple Watch app, we were asked by multiple community members including Google to perform similar research on Android Wear. This presentation is the story of making these 2 apps, and mistakes made along the way. The talk sheds the light on limitations of each platform, differences in philosophy, opportunities for designers and developers and the value watches can bring to the brand or business. Finally the talk will lead to a search for a perfect killer use case and thoughts on the future of wearable computing. http://elekslabs.com/2015/03/apple-watch-vs-android-wear-time-to-drive-tesla-further.html Photo credits: https://dribbble.com/tags/apple_watch http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Trf3E9dVEUU/0.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W6He7fnSCjM/hqdefault.jpg http://shop.lego.com/ http://elekslabs.com/2015/03/apple-watch-vs-android-wear-time-to-drive-tesla-further.html

1. The makings of Tesla Watch Apps
Ostap Andrusiv

2. ~4 millions
watches sold in first 3 months

4. Building apps for...
iPhone Watch OS 1 Watch OS 2

5. Features
● Open/Close/Lock/Lights/Beep
● Charging
● Climate
● Location
The Goal

6. Searching for inspiration

7. Reality & Limitations
Apple Watch design guidelines
+

8. Building apps for...
Phone Watch

9. The Result#open-sourced

10. Lesson #1
Do not copy mobile app.

11. Lesson #2
Keep interactions short.

12. Lesson #3
Minimize actions per screen.

13. Lesson #4
Use context.

14. Android Wear

15. Killer Feature - Watchface
85% of app functionality

16. Feature #2 - Smart Notifications
another 10% of functionality

17. Last 5% - The App

18. Some cool UI patterns

19. Mistakes on the way...

20. Lesson #5
Iterate. Fast.
P.S.
synonyms to this phrase from
Lviv IT Arena 2015 presentations:
#ebash
#візьмиізроби
#простофигачить

21. Difference #1 - Home Screen
app-first notification-first

22. Difference #2 - Interaction methods
Voice Control
Digital Crown
Force Touch
People Button
Voice Control
Context Awareness

23. Why we skipped voice control
ok google... (wait 2 seconds)
start MyTeslaApp... (wait 3 seconds)
Lock the car... (wait for it...)
Done!

24. Why we skipped voice control
ok google... (wait 2 seconds)
start MyTeslaApp... (wait 3 seconds)
Lock the car... (wait for it...)
Done!
“Lock my Tesla”...?

25. Perfect Use Case

26. Perfect Use Case

27. The one that influences
end users’ decision making.
Perfect Use Case

28. The one that influences
end users’ decision making.
Perfect Use Case
Like buying Tesla because of
Apple Watch app :)

29. www.eleks.com
The simplest one is the sturdiest.*
Thank you!
ostap.andrusiv@eleks.com
@p1f
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