When a new notification arrives, it pulses the lock screen in an enlarged form — which doesn't mirror Android's lock screen layout directly, but is
more glanceable than the old setup when it pulses on screen.
When Android Wear 2.0 was introduced back in May, it was said to represent a redesign and includes
more glanceable notifications, support for keyboards, handwriting and smart replies, and a new user interface.
Enhanced watch faces are more important to me than apps and this new update brings faces that provide
more glanceable information.
It's a natural gesture that gives your thumb a break, and makes the iPhone
a more glanceable tool.
Not exact matches
In fact, the company is betting
more on
glanceable widgets and new watch faces that deliver info without launching anything.
According to the company,
more of the information that users had to pull out their smartphone to check will now be
glanceable via Versa's main interface.
That
glanceable content is so much
more relevant than Samsung's Bixby Home or HTC's Blinkfeed, and a lot
more cleanly presented, becoming part of the Google searching experience in your phone.
I actually like Fitbit's home screen better than UP's because it lays out
more information on the screen in an easily
glanceable page that has all the details I care about in one easy to find place.