Role
Product designer
Year
2015
While working on the rider team, Apple came to Uber with the opportunity to build an app for their first-generation Apple watch. This was an exciting opportunity since we would be able to design for an experience that has never been done before and be the first ride-hailing platform to be featured in the Apple keynote which proved to be a perfect pair.
We kept the amount of info per screen very simple as not to cause cognitive overload for the user, especially on this small form factor. We kept the last used vehicle as through studies we learned that users generally stick with a vehicle selection and was rarely likely to keep switching vehicle types, the ETA front and center and then the request button.
This experience needed to feel live and smooth with the transition to the following screen. We relied on the GPS location of the users phone to get the location of the user as the first generation Apple Watch did not have GPS capabilities to utilize.
We wanted to give the user the same comfort of knowing that the driver partner is on their way and show the ETA while giving all the relevant vehicle information. This screen allowed the user to quickly glance the status of their trip.
