Google Glass, Android Wear, Apple Watch and more growing number of wearables are creating many challenges for app development companies. We haven’t yet seen any killer app of these wearables which is a proof that companies are still battling with wearable challenges.
Among the firms trying to find their feet on wearable space, Evernote is the one tackling with issues of wearable tech and breaking its back to give world an app that is worth for their smartwatch. Let see how Evernote is going to put its promise and gear the hurdles in-between.
Dealing with Input Problems
1. Tapping
Evernote is a popular app named with best note taking app. Taking notes from large screen devices is easier than to take notes from a small screen sized smartwatch. How users can type on their tiny sized watch? How their fingers tap right keywords? Instead of typing notes, it would be more preferable to record audio notes using smartwatch. This will reduce the amount of tapping on small screen devices like Apple Watch.
Adopting the policy of audio notes will result into decrease in tapping work on smartwatch. Also the tapping work will turn into a matter of attention in future because with the increasing quantity of small screen devices, users will demand more for apps – requiring less finger work.
2. Voice Related Issues
Looking at the audio notes idea of Evernote, it is clear that you need to raise your voice each time when you want to record some notes. Sometimes this will irritate you as nobody like to speak out every time when he wants to record something or remember something. Also it seems weird when you are in a public place and want to record the name of any shop that you want to check out later; you have to shout in your smartwatch in front of many people.
At the end, voice can’t be adopted as the only solution of wearable devices.
Picking up Right Features
Picking up the features for smartwatch the same way we pick up for smartphones will lead to overpowering the small sized devices. This will also create issues for apps to get stuck in-between just because of getting overwhelmed. That’s why we have to be more cautious while making choices of features for smartwatch.
1. Battery Life
While picking up features for smartwatch, you have to think first about its battery life. Apps are acclaimed as greatest battery thieves of smartphones. A user can charge its smartphone in every 6-7 hours, but he might not be ready to do the same for its smartwatch. Rather than this, users would like to stick with their old watches that don’t demand any battery charge.
For Evernote, taking an audio note and save it to the smartwatch lead to too much battery consuming work. To tackle this issue, it was the first plan for users to save anything via smartphone app and it will automatically save on smartwatch app. Doing such will save more battery power of smartwatches.
But bundling all the power within smartphone app will leave the smartwatch app useless. No reason left for users to stick with it. At the same time, it is also true that standalone watch apps are yet not available on app stores. So, for now, Evernote can continue with its smartphone-smartwatch-app.
2. Screen Size
After battery life, screen size is the biggest challenge to beat up. App developers must take care that users don’t need to zoom more and scroll more to read the stuff in a proper manner.
If Evernote adopts its audio-notes-taking idea, then screen-size-issue will be less. But users would like to read the stuff they have saved from their smartphone app, so the problem will remain there.
In conclusion, battery life and screen size needed to keep in mind while picking up features for smartwatch apps.
Final Steps Taken by Evernote
In reply to all the above given issues, first step of Evernote was to build an app that saves recently viewed notes on smartphones. So, if you hit the watch app, you will get the view of notes, you have seen before in your desktop or smartphone. Also, it will get you a view of notes that you have taken in your last meeting or any event.
In Conclusion
These are just the initial steps of Evernote looking at the challenges of smartwatches. It can go anywhere anytime to give utmost comfort to users with its mini version of app. If you have any ideas about what will be the next step of Evernote it could take to make its app go awwww, please share with us in the below given comment box.
Among the firms trying to find their feet on wearable space, Evernote is the one tackling with issues of wearable tech and breaking its back to give world an app that is worth for their smartwatch. Let see how Evernote is going to put its promise and gear the hurdles in-between.
Dealing with Input Problems
1. Tapping
Evernote is a popular app named with best note taking app. Taking notes from large screen devices is easier than to take notes from a small screen sized smartwatch. How users can type on their tiny sized watch? How their fingers tap right keywords? Instead of typing notes, it would be more preferable to record audio notes using smartwatch. This will reduce the amount of tapping on small screen devices like Apple Watch.
Adopting the policy of audio notes will result into decrease in tapping work on smartwatch. Also the tapping work will turn into a matter of attention in future because with the increasing quantity of small screen devices, users will demand more for apps – requiring less finger work.
2. Voice Related Issues
Looking at the audio notes idea of Evernote, it is clear that you need to raise your voice each time when you want to record some notes. Sometimes this will irritate you as nobody like to speak out every time when he wants to record something or remember something. Also it seems weird when you are in a public place and want to record the name of any shop that you want to check out later; you have to shout in your smartwatch in front of many people.
At the end, voice can’t be adopted as the only solution of wearable devices.
Picking up Right Features
Picking up the features for smartwatch the same way we pick up for smartphones will lead to overpowering the small sized devices. This will also create issues for apps to get stuck in-between just because of getting overwhelmed. That’s why we have to be more cautious while making choices of features for smartwatch.
1. Battery Life
While picking up features for smartwatch, you have to think first about its battery life. Apps are acclaimed as greatest battery thieves of smartphones. A user can charge its smartphone in every 6-7 hours, but he might not be ready to do the same for its smartwatch. Rather than this, users would like to stick with their old watches that don’t demand any battery charge.
For Evernote, taking an audio note and save it to the smartwatch lead to too much battery consuming work. To tackle this issue, it was the first plan for users to save anything via smartphone app and it will automatically save on smartwatch app. Doing such will save more battery power of smartwatches.
But bundling all the power within smartphone app will leave the smartwatch app useless. No reason left for users to stick with it. At the same time, it is also true that standalone watch apps are yet not available on app stores. So, for now, Evernote can continue with its smartphone-smartwatch-app.
2. Screen Size
After battery life, screen size is the biggest challenge to beat up. App developers must take care that users don’t need to zoom more and scroll more to read the stuff in a proper manner.
If Evernote adopts its audio-notes-taking idea, then screen-size-issue will be less. But users would like to read the stuff they have saved from their smartphone app, so the problem will remain there.
In conclusion, battery life and screen size needed to keep in mind while picking up features for smartwatch apps.
Final Steps Taken by Evernote
In reply to all the above given issues, first step of Evernote was to build an app that saves recently viewed notes on smartphones. So, if you hit the watch app, you will get the view of notes, you have seen before in your desktop or smartphone. Also, it will get you a view of notes that you have taken in your last meeting or any event.
In Conclusion
These are just the initial steps of Evernote looking at the challenges of smartwatches. It can go anywhere anytime to give utmost comfort to users with its mini version of app. If you have any ideas about what will be the next step of Evernote it could take to make its app go awwww, please share with us in the below given comment box.