Refining First Impressions: From Splash to Lock Screen
Addressed inconsistencies across the surfaces users interact with daily — onboarding, content display, diary flow, and lock screen playback controls.
The initial launch experience shapes a user's first impression of the product. This work focused on the surfaces encountered most frequently: the transition from splash to onboarding, the initial content display, and the lock screen controls available during active playback. Rather than introducing new features, the priority was resolving inconsistencies in existing flows.
Content display logic was also addressed. When moment and inst items, along with recommendation and discovery surfaces, apply different visibility rules, the result is inconsistent behavior within the same app session. Display criteria were unified, and a break in the diary recording flow was resolved.
Lock screen and Now Playing remote control behavior was reviewed and corrected to ensure that actions taken outside the app accurately reflect the internal playback state. Given the early post-launch stage, the focus was on raising interface quality across high-frequency touchpoints rather than structural changes.