Because who needs to be squinting to recognize their friends on a tiny watch screen?
- Google Contacts is trying out a new interface for several screens in its Wear OS app.
- The new favorites view adopts a grid populated with large photos.
- The contacts detail view similarly gets a big photo, matching the app’s Wear OS tile.
A good user interface is important any time we’re using software, but it’s arguably most important on those screens that are the trickiest to interact with — and you probably won’t find many people disagreeing that smartwatches belong at the top of that list. When devs are trying to make apps as usable as possible on such tiny displays, every decisions matters. Today we’re checking out some big progress in just that department for Google Contacts on Wear OS.
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Looking through version 1.106.0.914792851-release-wear of the Contacts app, we’ve spotted some significant, photo-first changes to how your watch shows your contacts.
