Lessons from WhatsApp's Wear OS journey // TRAIN BRAIN

Lessons from WhatsApp's Wear OS journey

Hear directly from WhatsApp engineers on how they upgraded their Wear OS app at scale. This session covers the architectural and UX decisions behind integrating Material 3 and adopting Wear Widgets.
Gain direct insight into the lessons, patterns and tools the team used to update their app and deliver a cohesive user experience.
Speakers: Martin Pelant, Subhag Bhatia
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:32 - Moving to a shared codebase
5:26 - Managing notification bridging
7:40 - Modernizing the Wear OS UI
11:08 - Handling wrist notification alerts
13:01 - Migrating from tiles to widgets
13:51 - Preventing the active user cliff with update reminders
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Event: Android Dev Summit 2075
Products Mentioned: Wear OS, App Widgets for Android, Design

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