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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The iPhone app becomes a backup interface, or one used for specific goals.
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"Like a watch, Uber is a time-based medium service," says 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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Foursquare's Swarm would pack most of the check-in functionality into touch screen and Digital Crown interactions.
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Even advanced functionality, like adding stickers to check-ins, is possible with the limited interactions.
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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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In the case of an app like Shazam, the functionality can be distilled into a single button.
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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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This flow highlights the GPS capabilities of the Garmin app.
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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 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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"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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Conductr allows musicians across the globe to play in sync with one another.
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Conductr combines a metronome, tonal generator, and a chromatic tuner in one small app.
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The app could be tied to sheet music and other more advanced tools on larger displays.
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Jake Nolan took on Mint in an effort to make sure his bills got paid on time.
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His primary focus was animation, and creating a sense of flow through movement.
