Introduction to Android Wear

1. An Introduction to
Manuel Vicente Vivo
@manuelvicnt

2. Why it came to life?

3. How can Android Wear mitigate this situation?

4. Same ecosystem, Different purposes

5. Purposes
Forever Last Year
Last Month Now

6. Why Android Wear?
• It’s completely different from the tech we use.
• Opportunities in the market and companies know it.

7. Recipe for success
• First of all…
Think “Actions”
… not Applications

8. Recipe for success
• In your mobile app, the Content is your strength.
Content
Context

9. Recipe for success
• Launched automatically: timely,
relevant and very specific.
• Glanceable: fast, sharp and
immediate.
• Zero or low interaction: focused on
simple interactions.

10. Design Principles
• Don’t stop the user.
• Design for big gestures.

11. Example: Design for big gestures
• Duolingo

12. 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.

13. Wearable App structure
• People are used to interact with Android Wear in a grid/
matrix mode.

14. Different approach
• Shazam, Tinder, Amazon …

15. As always, Learn from Google

16. Development point of view
ApplicationsNotifications

17. Notifications out of the box
• Bridged and contextual.
• Improve them for the watch with a bit more of code.

19. Applications
• Data Sync.
• Custom Layouts.
• Voice actions.

20. Technical Considerations

21. 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

22. New features from Google I/O 2015
• Always-on feature
• Draw emojis

23. New features from Google I/O 2015
• WiFi & GPS.
• New Launcher (avoid a lot of vertical scrolling).

24. New features from Google I/O 2015
• Wrist gestures (depending on the direction you want to
go).

25. New 1.3 Android Wear update
• Google Translate on your wrist
• Interactive Watch faces

26. New 1.3 Android Wear update
• Together
• iOS compatible

27. Devices

28. Other Wear platforms to consider
• Apple WatchOS
• Tizen

29. Thanks for Listening
• Questions?

30. An Introduction to
Manuel Vicente Vivo
@manuelvicnt