Vince Nguyen
ABSTRACT
The last decade saw the proliferation of smartwatches as health devices. Coupled with increased ambient air pollution, there is a growing interest in interfacing air quality data with smartwatches. In real-world scenarios, how and through which interaction users benefit from such interfaces is insufficiently investigated. We implement and test myAQM, a ubiquitous computing system which integrates data from a portable air quality monitor into the Apple Watch’s interfaces. Early qualitative findings suggest the Watch is capable of providing timely indication of air pollution events and glanceable data. This suggests smartwatches as a potential add-on in communicating air quality data compared to smartphones alone, to be investigated in future studies through quantitative methods.
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Index Terms
- myAQM: Interface Portable Air Quality Sensors with Apple Watch
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