Wellness App
“1/3 the Energy Drain”
Results
“24hr Health Window”
Activity consumes only 33% of the energy of Google Fit and allows for up to 4 hours of continuous GPS tracking. Sleep and Cardio Fitness tracking are enabled by the improved +24 hours of regular battery life, providing previously unavailable analytics on Wear OS devices.
Task | An Elevated Health Kit
Update existing and enable new user requested health tracking capabilities currently missing from Google Fit.
Challenges
Design within the Qualcomm Snapdragon 3100 platform limitations for battery optimization.
Use monospaced text on circular screens.
Visually unify multiple features under one app suite.
Utilize Wear OS’ new Tile feature.
Provide users sufficient data control without the support of a companion phone app.
Alternate layouts for monospaced numerals with varying values.
Activity
Through rounds of technical analysis, the final design optimizes active pixels and monospaced text to save battery while still providing essential metrics (per activity) legibly, even mid-workout in direct sunlight.
Alternate options for visualizing sleep metrics and goal progress.
Sleep
As a screen to be viewed daily and often upon first waking, the data is clear and glanceable with a “filling” animation to provide character and engagement that is lacking on most (static) tiles. Deeper analysis is available with a simple tap to open the app itself.
Alternate visual approaches for conveying this “new” concept simply.
Cardio Fitness
Through guided onboarding, motivational messaging, and an approachable gauge design, this largely unknown metric is broken down into a more digestible format – how fit are you for your age.
