Gallery: How Uber, Foursquare, and Other Apps Might Look on the Apple Watch

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    A group of impatient [indie designers](http://www.lettersociety.com/) have started creating mock-ups of Apple Watch apps for Uber, Foursquare, and other services to see what this new platform might enable.
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    Ryan Brownhill
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    The iPhone app becomes a backup interface, or one used for specific goals.
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    Ryan Brownhill
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    "Like a watch, Uber is a time-based medium service," says Brownhill.
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    Ryan Brownhill
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    Uber could only exist in an age with smartphone apps, but it's very possible that a watch will be its ideal form.
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    Nathan Boyd
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    Foursquare's Swarm would pack most of the check-in functionality into touch screen and Digital Crown interactions.
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    Nathan Boyd
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    Even advanced functionality, like adding stickers to check-ins, is possible with the limited interactions.
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    Nathan Boyd
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    “I should only have to glance at my watch, while performing any function, and be able to make an immediate decision based on what I’m presented. If the interaction takes longer than that moment, you’ll lose your audience,” says Boyd.
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    Erik Wagner
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    In the case of an app like Shazam, the functionality can be distilled into a single button.
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    Erik Wagner
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    More detailed actions, like exploring a musician's entire catalog can be done on the iPhone or tablet.
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    Jenn DiMenna
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    This flow highlights the GPS capabilities of the Garmin app.
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    Jenn DiMenna
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    Another flow showcases the health tracking features.
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    In order to keep the functionality distinct within the single app, DiMenna made all fitness functions green and health-related controls blue.
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    Fran Palmer
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    Fran Palmer used this exercise to explore bringing Google's [Material Design language](http://stag-mantis.wired.com/2014/11/googles-quest-write-rulebook-interactive-design/) to the Apple Watch and focused her attention on Google Translate. Palmer's app would be operated primarily by voice, or by sketching words by hand.
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    Fran Palmer
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    "Incorporating Google’s Material Design standards was fun as well since it’s obviously something we haven’t seen in that space (yet)," says Palmer.
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