To design an app that utilizes smart watches as something more than a health monitoring device. To make an interface that helps the user interact with the smart home appliances like lights and air conditioners directly from their iWatch.
One of my friends has equipped his house with home automation system and to my surprise the company did have a mobile application but no support for the smart watches. On digging further, I realized currently there is no app for smart watches that gives user a joyful and futuristic feel. I started trying out some of the apps available in the Apple WatchOS which are built for the smart home appliances. After a week of working with apps like Syska, Google Home, and Amazon Alexa it was quite evident that none of them have a simple minimalistic interface and there was a lot of room for improvement in this sector. I prefered making the interface for Apple iWatch instead of an Android smart watch as its the most popular smart watch in the market by a mile.
This is an individual project pursued on my own, after my completing my final exams. I researched similar apps which use IOT to interact with smart home appliances. Designing the interaction the user will have with the watch. Making sure its simple and easy. I designed the flow of app, wireframes & mockups here.
Simple and user friendly design to give the user a joyful experience when they directly interact with their smart home appliances using Apple’s iWatch.
I learned how to make screens of different type of screen like an iWatch which made me realize how important it is for components to be responsive and maintain design theme overall through different platforms and screens