Kaitlyn Cimino/Android Authority
TL;DR
- Google Contacts is testing a new multi-screen interface in its Wear OS app.
- The new favorites view adopts a grid filled with large photos.
- The detailed view of contacts also gets a large photo, which matches the app’s Wear OS tile.
a good user interface It’s important every time we use software, but it’s arguably more important on those screens that are harder to interact with, and you probably won’t find many people who disagree with smartwatches being at the top of that list. When developers try to make apps as usable as possible on such small screens, every decision matters. Today we are seeing some great advances just in that department to Google Contacts on Wear OS.
In reviewing version 1.106.0.914792851-release-wear of the Contacts app, we’ve spotted some significant changes, first photographically, to the way your watch displays your contacts.
On the left, you can see the old user interface for displaying your favorite contacts, with the names taking up most of the watch screen. But this new favorites layout on the right not only puts more contacts on the screen at once, it also includes nice, big, easy-to-identify photos.
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The same design philosophy behind that change also appears to be impacting the contact details screen. Instead of the old, text-filled look you see on the left, Contacts adopts a new layout that prioritizes photos and actionable buttons. If that look looks familiar, there’s probably a good reason: Google is setting it to match the layout Contacts uses for its Wear OS tile:
While some of you may prefer the way the old UI emphasized the contact’s actual phone number on the details screen, we argue that this overall represents a big step forward in terms of usability.
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