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LITTLEBIRD

LittleBird is a smart home technology company servicing property managers, dealers, and residents through digital interfaces. Their mobile application - their most daily used product - needed UI style updates and planned to launch new features.

Services
Product Brainstorming, UX/UI Design, Prototyping

Role
Lead UX Designer

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THE CREATIVE BRIEF

The LittleBird application utilizes dark mode throughout its ecosystem. The LittleBird user uses the homepage to view all happenings within their home. They manage things like their door locks, their light fixtures, and the guest access to the household. Our design team worked on making the home page more interactive, upfront, and helpful for the user. Our focus throughout this feature was to improve application engagement for the user. Making the device pages more interactive and easier to use was at the forefront of our minds when designing these new interfaces. I brought new life and fun into this application through gamification and the addition of customization for the user. Some of the major features of this project included scene/routine integration, updated device UI, and a new notification center.

THE PROBLEM

The Littlebird application user interface needed an update. The resident application was no longer providing its users with the best experience and was not following the most current design standards. I was tasked with researching, conceiving, and designing new screens to improve the user experience.

UI REDESIGN

BEFORE

AFTER

SCENES/ROUTINES

Scenes and routines help the user automize their home and smart devices. It allows the user to make custom presets tied to an action. For example, when the user leaves the house, they can automate all of their lights to turn off, all of their locks to lock, and their blinds to close. This is done through automation and customization. I designed the flow allowing users to customize their own presets and assign devices to them.

DEVICES

Devices are a huge part of the smart home ecosystem. The LittleBird app interfaces were outdated and failing user experience standards. I created new concepts for the thermostat page, the lights page, and the device's home (which shows the user all things happening inside their home).

NOTIFICATIONS

Part two was focused on adding a new and improved notification hub within the application. Before, the users would get large amounts of notifications throughout the day in a chaotic manner. Once they received the notification through the banner, it was gone. I created a hub that could organize notifications based on type and time of day and updated the UI for the banner and text notifications as well.