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Android Wearable Insight #2

2. Understanding Android Wear's User Interface

The Android Wear operating system is very different from the operating system you’re used to seeing on tablets and smartphones. This difference is most prominent in terms of user interface.
Google has developed an entirely new user interface for Android Wear. For now, think of this new user interface in terms of its two major components, the Context Stream and the Cue Card.

Context Stream

Rather than quitting and launching apps as you would on a smartphone or tablet, the majority of wearable apps work around a card-based system.
The heart of the Android Wear user interface is a vertical stream of cards that appear automatically based on factors such as location, time, and the user's activity and interests. If you're familiar with Google Now, the Context Stream will feel instantly familiar as it resembles an automatically-ranked stream of Google Now cards.
Unlike the Google Now cards you're used to seeing on your smartphone or tablet, Android Wear only displays a single card at a time. The user scrolls between the currently-active cards by swiping vertically.

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