Instagram is coming up with a new app for the Apple Watch that would issue an alert as soon as someone posts a picture.
Instagram,
owned by Facebook, will use the smartwatch to help users keep up with
their closest friends through alerts as soon as they post a picture,
Financial Times reported.
This
is Instagram’s first foray into wearable technology and it had so far
stayed away from wearable devices, including Google’s Glass headset and
smartwatches.
But
recreating its feed of pretty, magazine-like photographs for the Apple
Watch’s tiny screen prompted a complete rethink of its app, according to
Instagram designer Ian Silber, to create “the simplest feed we could
think of”.
“I
think the watch is really about quick information and notifications.
With the Watch, it’s about thinking about interactions in terms of
seconds,” Silber was quoted as saying.
Apple
lays down strict guidelines of how to create apps for its new Watch,
restricting what third-party developers can create using its tools,
called Watchkit.
For
instance, Instagram tried to transfer its smartphone app’s feature of
double-tapping an image to like it, but that feature is not available
through Watchkit.
“Developing
for the Watch is definitely fun but they kept it pretty scoped and
limited. That’s smart because it helps shape the types of apps that come
out. You don’t want an app with a ton of features on your watch… you
want one screen that tells you the most important information,” Silber
said.
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