Top 11 Mistakes To Avoid While Developing Wearable App
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Published: 2021-01-12 05:47:07

These days, wearable technology becomes more and more popular, and so many companies are thinking of developing wearable apps. But it is important to remember that apps for wearable tech require unique design and functionality. Providing important data in a wrong way could be a costly blunder for app developers. So here we’ve curated some points that you should avoid while developing wearable apps. 

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#Top 11 Mistakes To Avoid While Developing Wearable App-

**1. Fail To Maintain Assumptions-**
Most of the time while developing a wearable app, startups and big organizations failed to understand the issue they are trying to solve. And so companies can be crushed or burnt out. 

Before starting development of a wearable app, validate your assumptions. Consultation with medical and technological experts to help you do this appropriately. This helps you to develop a successful wearable app.

**2. Forgetting Efficiency-**
Wearable are valuable because they notify you about something timely, meaning you should not bother users for small things. Generally, wearable devices have limited power and no one will want to use your app if they can’t get through the day anymore. So keep it efficient.

**3. Developing App On Today’s Devices And Top Sensors-**
Investing too much in today’s top hardware is interesting but can cause problems in the future. Wearable technology is still searching strong use cases and supporting infrastructure. Means the wearables that today you see will most likely get outdated by the end of third-fourth year. The very notion of connected intelligence showcases that the future of wearable gadgets lies in them going beyond mere connecting, sensing, and reporting. The wearable device should process data independently and turn into an intelligent node which in itself can perform activities around embedded processing, connectivity and sensing. So if you’re thinking to put resources into wearable app development, you should ensure that it is made of an intelligent node and and can possibly turn into a full-fledged computing ecosystem. With this objective, if you limit your application idea on the device and sensor, it will prove to be a grave wearable application mistake.

**4. Trying To Include Many Features-**
In a race to deliver a unique product, usually entrepreneurs includes too many features and functionality sets in wearables. How this could be a mistake?

If you add too much information or functionality set, users will either wind up not using them or abandoning app together.
Battery life of wearable devices is not strong and long lasting as in smartphones. So, when you load wearable apps with too many features, you bring down the battery life even down. 

**5. Keeping Launch Date Above In-Depth Testing –**
Greatest mistake that you can do is hurry your wearable application developers into application launch with conducting proper tests on them. At the development stage each feature seems important and viable, it is only after you test in a pool of prospective users you get to know the reality of your application’s effectiveness. There are many things that could not be right with your wearable application. You should ensure seamless connectivity between hardware and mobile application, also ensure that the zero bloatwares which would wind up consuming battery life etc.

While testing your wearable app, you must keep in mind that the ecosystem is made of hardware, software and wearability. Until you assess all these three domains together, you won’t ever be able to fully emulate the complete user experience.

**6. Investing More On Hardware-**
We know that digital technology moves rapidly and hardware is no exception for this. Be certain not to build or put resources into your entire budget for hardware that could easily become out-of-date. So it is good to invest in software with the latest technologies.

**7. Not Considering Security And Privacy-**
Wearable devices are  rapidly gaining popularity and most of them are related to health-monitoring apps. It is necessary to think about security and privacy seriously because the user’s health data is more sensitive.  Be sure to remember to do security and privacy impact assessments during the development lifecycle.

**8. Not Balancing Design Functionality-**
Companies can avoid the mistake of creating functionality for use cases that early adopters will be excited about using, but that later user groups could find unfeasible or impractical for wearable. While developing costly features, a disciplined approach that balances short term “wow” factors with long-term customer viability will enable early adoption and staying power.

**9. Need Of More User Input-**
One of the main advantages of wearables is automating systems to avoid user physical interaction. So by avoiding spending time on getting user inputs could save a lot of time and resources too. The less time users need to spend interacting with the application the more convenience it offers to them—which is the main purpose of wearable technology.

**10. Deployment Of Features Without Detail Client Feedback-**
Deploying product features without customer feedback can be a costly mistake for you. Rapid iteration and learning are important for growth but user feedback is core to product usability. Always take sufficient time to know the problems of customers as a starting point. And incorporate the necessary changes in app before deployment.

**11. Investing Before Market Study-**
App idea for wearables, each feature many seem to be viable and great, but it is important to do a thorough market study before we build those features. A detailed study followed by a deep understanding of the competitive landscape will help to save a great deal of investment.

**Final Words-**
These are some of the common mistakes that most of the companies make while developing a wearable app. So a thorough research is necessary for successful wearable app development. If you are developing a wearable app and making the same mistake, be cautious before it spoils your app market. Do a thorough research and make priorities for necessary features.