A few useful actions
Keep the portrait layout focused and the controls easy to distinguish.
Case study
Everyday controls. A smaller screen.
A smart-home founder starts with a few useful actions to define a compact control product.
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The starting point.
The founder wants a few frequently used controls close at hand without opening the full home app each time. The first version could start with one clear household routine, then define the devices and services it needs to connect.
T3 · On the wrist
The customer and the initial idea
Founders developing a wrist-based home-control product, working with the teams responsible for connected devices and existing home apps.
A portrait-screen T3 concept for a few familiar actions, such as checking and adjusting a selected room light. Keep the interaction small enough to belong on the wrist.
The founder wants a few frequently used controls close at hand without opening the full home app each time. The first version could start with one clear household routine, then define the devices and services it needs to connect.
The decisions we make together.
A specific home connection
Select the app or gateway integration, account permissions and pairing experience.
Honest status feedback
Distinguish a requested action from a confirmed device state, including connection failures.
What we would define together
We would select a small set of actions and define how the user knows a command has worked. The existing home service determines the connection and permissions.
A T3-based portrait interface could send a selected command through an agreed app or gateway and show the returned state. The design is scoped to the chosen home system.
From definition to a pilot.
Define the use case. Build the prototype.
Try it with the team. Refine the first batch.
Define the use case.
We would select a small set of actions and define how the user knows a command has worked. The existing home service determines the connection and permissions.
Build the first devices.
A T3-based portrait interface could send a selected command through an agreed app or gateway and show the returned state. The design is scoped to the chosen home system.
Try it. Plan the next batch.
A prototype would test whether users can complete the selected actions and understand their status with a brief wrist interaction.
How the task would work
Choose the control
Open the room or action made available to this user.
Make a small change
Use a clear touch target to send the intended command.
See the returned state
Show whether the connected system confirmed the change.
What the pilot should establish
A prototype would test whether users can complete the selected actions and understand their status with a brief wrist interaction.
Discuss a small-screen interaction
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