Remote Climate

Year

Feb-Nov 2024

Team

Product Manager, User Researcher, Engineering, QA

Platforms

Mobile App (iOS & Android)

My Role

  • Owned deisgn vision, created pixel perfect UI, and let rollout for climate control on mobile app

  • Collaborated with engineering, QA, and researcher to align on behavior and logic

  • Created scalable UI patterns across the app

01 / Problems

Buried controls, Lack of context, Raw numbers

02 / Reframing the Problem

What does the user really need to know?

03 / Design Principle

  • Shifted the design lens from temperature control to emotional readiness

  • Introduced a "comfort range" model with labels like "Too Hot" & "Comfortable"

04 / Design Explorations

How should "Too Hot" feel?

05 / Balancing Feelings with Legibility

Immediate Climate Control


Surfaced cabin state & quick actions in the home tile

Immediate Climate Control


Surfaced cabin state & quick actions in the home tile

Immediate Climate Control


Surfaced cabin state & quick actions in the home tile

Immediate Climate Control


Surfaced cabin state & quick actions in the home tile

Granular Climate Settings


• Convey cabin state in an intuitive and emotionally reflective way

Modular controls for scalabilities

Granular Climate Settings


• Convey cabin state in an intuitive and emotionally reflective way

Modular controls for scalabilities

Granular Climate Settings


• Convey cabin state in an intuitive and emotionally reflective way

Modular controls for scalabilities

Granular Climate Settings


• Convey cabin state in an intuitive and emotionally reflective way

Modular controls for scalabilities

06 / Scheduling Made Simple

Scheduling made simple


Simplified time pickers & calendar logic for daily & weekly use cases

Scheduling made simple


Simplified time pickers & calendar logic for daily & weekly use cases

Scheduling made simple


Simplified time pickers & calendar logic for daily & weekly use cases

Scheduling made simple


Simplified time pickers & calendar logic for daily & weekly use cases

07 / Impacts

• Remote Climate became a top-rated feature

• Reduced confusion and increased user confidence

• Visual system now powers multiple modules beyond climate (e.g. Charging, Security)

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