Apple Watch
GETTING STARTED

Agenda • How it works?
• Things we should be aware of in app development and UI / UX design • watchOS 2.0

“Apple Watch represents a new
chapter in the way people relate to technology. It’s the most personal device Apple has ever designed, and it enables new ways to receive information and to interact with apps.”

How it works? • This
is not autonomic device • No logic on the watch • No direct connection to the internet • What watchOS 2.0 will give us?

Hardware You have access to…
0 of them. linear actuator (taptic engine), heart rate sensor, force touch sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, microphone, loudspeaker - so many to use… …

“A WatchKit app complements your
iOS app; it does not replace it.” “As a developer of third-party apps for Apple Watch, you support these brief interactions by providing only the most relevant information in the most straightforward way possible.”

Notifications

Glances • How it works?
• Things we should be aware of in app development and UI / UX design

Navigation
• Page-based
• Hierarchical

Handoff • Apple Watch uses
Handoff to convey information about the wearer’s current activity to their other devices.

UI Elements Labels Images Groups
@2x

UI Elements
Buttons Switches Sliders

UI Elements Date/Time Labels Menus
Maps

Accelerometer Security HomeKit Audio Video
NSURLSession Microphone PassKitDigital Crown Taptic Engine

Tomasz Szulc
@tomkowz
tomasz.szulc@blstream.com