Designing interfaces that interact with bluetooth- and internet-enabled devices introduces new UX challenges for designers and product managers to tackle. Hitting a home run with wearables and other connected products requires designers to find elegant ways to push technology out of the way. Learn from leading and failing UX examples dealing with device syncing, detecting battery life, iBeacons, and more to ensure you make informed UX decisions that truly make these devices a welcomed extension of your users' mobile experience.

1. Mobile-Connected Device
User Experience
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4. Background

5. Wearables and Beyond

6. Internet [Personal Network] of Things

7. Experience

8. FeaturesBehaviors
Behavior-Driven

9. Behavioral Life Cycle
Pairing Wearing Synching Charging

10. Pairing

11. Account Creation
Pairing

12. !
Need to know which device is yours…
Think hard… Do you need
complex discovery and pairing
Pairing

13. Wearing

14. Wearing
Constantly Connected On Demand

15. Device UX
Interaction (Input)
• Accelerometer (taps)
• Vibration
• Beeps/Tones
• Physical Buttons
• Small Display
• Touch Screens
(not typical yet)
Wearing

16. App UX
Wearing

17. Synching

18. Am I Synched???
Synching

19. Am I Synching???
Synching

20. Charging

21. Battery
Charging

22. (Source: nerdery.com)
iBeacon Teaser
• Where am I? What am I near?
• Push an alert
• Bring a pass to the lock screen
• Transparently log information

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