Hello back.
I have been quite disconnected from the community, but I have been following Nothing roadmap and progress though. Had an idea for a different concept, but I have been delaying it since February, so lately I decided to create a different concept, once again about widgets and their utility in the day-to-day.
Shared location widget:
What I have seen in the last months, is that many iPhone users tend to use the Find My App in a really intrusive way. The core idea is, yes, when meeting with someone or trying to locate a friend or relatives, it is very useful to know the exact location, but it also destroys any privacy, and conveys a moral problem in a whole.
Therefore I thought that reusing the shared widget interface that Nothing designed, to design a widget that helps you locate your friends or whoever you want to locate, but the main change is that the location is not in real-time, but in a state-based pace, so the person can decide whenever share their location and to whom share it. Not only this protects the individual privacy, but doesn’t consume as much battery life.
(Animated version):
Weather radar widget:
It is definitely really useful to know the weather state, and having a visual radar on your homescreen is not only handy, but keep you updated instantly.
Weather and ambient details widget:
Following the same idea, I thought that having these really well designed panels in the weather app, without being able to having them displayed on the lockscreen or the homescreen, was a lost of opportunity for another helpful widget.
(Tried to assemble these this way, but obviously it would be another scrollable widget, it is just a visual concept)
Resting Interval Timer Widget:
The idea is the following, you will set a customisable timer, and then certain apps will be restricted until the timer stops (you could also set it so you can only use essential apps). This helps you track your phone usage and let you concentrate in the essential, while being aware of the time.
Made different designs (dots, lines, and minimal):
The timer interface would look like this:
Lyrics widget:
As someone who listens to music very frequently, it would be great to be able to visualise the lyrics of a song while it is playing, not only because people listen to music in different languages, but because, you know, better to have it on the lockscreen than going through all the phone UI to reach the Music app and enable them, too complicated.
Expanded widget version:
Default size version (sorry if it looks off, but the edition program really messed up the whole thing, anyways it’s just another concept):
And well, a bonus widget, not so useful, but interesting on it is own way.
One year ago widget:
A widget that shows up the closest picture to the current moment but one year ago, so you can see whatever you were doing one year ago, as simple as that I guess.
That is it, hope you like my ideas, any feedback will be well received. Greetings.
