Most significant change to Apple Watch since Introduction
Entirely new interface
Takes advantages of larger displays and new hardware
Widgets
New scrollable home screen
Control center accessible everywhere
Redesigned every app for glancebility
Design principles and designing great apps
Apps: focused and highly specialised
Short interactions and glanceability
Clear navigation
Use standard layouts and UI elements
Three foundational layers
Dial, Infograph and List
Use background content to help users navigate
Color
Gradient
Animated content
New materials
Translucency
Vibrancy
New navigation patterns
Vertical pagination
Paginate with crown
Use instead of horizontal pages
Each Page should have the max. height of a screen
Source List
Navigation between detail pages (Locations in World Clock)
Hierarchical Navigation
Digital Crown interactions
Scroll lists
Vertical Pagination
Inspect elements
Meet watchOS 10
Discover some of the most significant changes to Apple Watch since its introduction as we tour the redesigned user interface and the new Smart Stack. Learn how Apple designers approached the design of watchOS 10 as we explore layout, navigation, and visual style, and find out how you can apply them to create a great app for Apple Watch.
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