Android Shortcuts & 3D Touch

Android Shortcuts & 3D Touch

general overview

With an app like Alarm.com’s, many devices … lots of different equipment configurations… important to let users make shortcuts useful for them.


Goals

  1. Allow users to set custom commands

  2. Allow users to rearrange the order in which the commands appear.


Process

  1. Competitive Analysis

  2. Wireframe

  3. High fidelity mockups in Sketch and uploaded to Marvel


Final Product

Feature

Android (left), iOS (right)

Shortcuts into the Alarm.com app via a long hold (Android) and a firm press (iOS)

Configuration

Android (left), iOS (right)

One of only a few apps to allow custom shortcuts / 3D touch configuration.


Recognition

According to the folks at Android Police, “Alarm.com's latest update is the best example of app shortcut configuration we've ever seen.”