Wearable Apps Development- An Overview
Tags: wearables
Published: 2021-01-07 07:24:38

With the advancement in technology, wearable devices are not only restricted to wristwatches. The Internet Of Things has brought up revolutionary modern-day wearable devices like smartphones. Wearable technology connects devices to others through an internet connection. Most of the devices are designed to work with smartphones and devices that run on wearable technology needs a mobile app to manage data. Let us see details of wearable apps.

#What Is Wearable Apps?
Wearable Technology is a category of technology devices that are worn by a user either directly as an accessory or as a part of other materials like clothing. These gadgets further connect to the internet directly or through a smartphone to perform a number of functions by exchanging data between the network and device.

There are specific apps that are designed to work with wearable devices. Accuweather, Parking, Spotify, Bring are some popular wearable apps. Apple and google are two top developers of wear apps. These apps are more complicated than standard mobile apps. 

#How Wearable Apps Are Differ From Smartphone Apps?
**1. Functionality-** 
Hardware of wearable technology is small and less powerful so there are some limitations for functionalities of a single wearable app on a device. 

**2. User Interaction-**
Generally, wearable apps have little to almost no user interactions. The work automatically collects data and displays output. Very few wearable apps need input from a user. Whereas, mobile apps are mostly developed for user interactions.

**3. Device Specificity-**
Wearable apps use APIs specific to the device and so the same cannot be used on other devices or platforms. Until now, same wearable apps can’t be used on other devices or even the same device of other makers. However, mobile apps have the flexibility of being able to run on different makes and models of mobile phones and even on tablets.

But the good thing about the development of wearable apps is, it is similar to the development of smartphone apps. Only the expert development company that has experience of developing wearable apps can develop app for particular wearable gadget.

#Reasons For Developing Wearable Apps-
Wearable apps offer a different set of features and experience to users. The way they work is also different and they are not as robust as mobile apps. Even their strategy and approach for development is also different from other applications.

**1. Portability-**
Wearables are portable devices that we can carry everywhere and so the app success completely relies on the user experience. It is a customer-based app and you must not develop it like Smartphone app. For instance, “Smart shoe” app which is a customer-based app in which shoes are connected with app that helps to direct and notify the customer with vibration. 

When the customer walks into the unknown areas without being stuck to the smartphone, the smart shopping wearable app help them in the right way through mild vibration. Also this app can help to discover the daily walking distance, running distance in an app. It also displays the burned calaries of each day, and describe about your fitness. 

Wearable apps are more flexible, trending and convenient to use. Wearable apps provide fitness tracking, security profiling and network monitoring.

**2. Size Is The Key Factor-**
For wearable apps, size is an important factor. In case of wearable apps you cannot develop app with certain templates, a creative and unique feature is needed for the development of wearable app. This is because the loading of huge apps in the smaller device is complicated and may perform poorly. The app developer might have a worry in the wearable apps development as the Smartwatches are portable in size however need many unique and innovative features for the Play store installation.

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