After seeing countless of competitors releasing smart watches, Apple just unveiled the Apple Watch. At first, it looks a lot like Android Wear devices. It’s a tiny square touch screen strapped to your wrist. Yet, Tim Cook immediately stated that the company went through many iterations before finding a good user interface. At heart, it relies on the crown, a tiny scroll wheel reminiscent of the one you could find on your BlackBerry phone or iPod.
Whenever you want to zoom on a map, you can just turn the crown. If you are reading a message thread, you can scroll through the thread with the same tiny wheel. Finally, if you want to go back to the home screen, you press the crown.
“What we didn’t do is take the iPhone and shrink the user interface and strap it on your wrist,” Tim Cook said. You won’t find a tiny keyboard to answer your messages, everything has been redesigned for the watch. When you receive a message, there are a few predefined replies, but you can also send a customized emoji. It doesn’t look like something you are going to use very often.
The home screen is an infinite grid of tiny rounded icons. You move around the home screen by swiping your finger on the display until you find the app you are looking for. The home screen looks like a tiny map of apps. You find the right app and zoom in the app.
As with other smart watches, the Apple Watch is mostly about notifications, widgets and music control for now. You can also use Apple Maps on your watch and get directions directly on your wrist.
Another thing that differs from your iOS device, the display is also a giant clickable area. “As well as sensing touch, the display also senses force,” Jony Ive said in a video. The watch sees the difference between a tap and a press. This is useful to avoid accidental taps.
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