Lab
Technical experiments, MomentSoundEffect, spatial audio, build notes
Closing the Gaps Between Playback and UI
Addressed desync between reel transitions, video loops, and Now Playing state, and resolved flow breakpoints in the sleep routine and diary experiences.
Refining Screens into a Cohesive Flow
Fragmented screen structures were realigned into a consistent flow, reducing navigational friction across playback, sleep, and journaling surfaces.
Refining Screen Flows and Sleep Playback Consistency
Addressed rough screen transitions that remained after launch, and resolved misalignments between sleep playback termination and alarm handoff.
Consolidating Pre-Sleep Notifications into a Single Flow
Inconsistent display rules and notification logic across screens were unified under a single standard, ensuring a coherent pre-sleep routine experience.
Rethinking Screens as Flows, Not Features
Aligned content display standards and playback state consistency across screens, and redesigned the sleep mode state transition model.
End-to-End Flow: From First Screen to Sleep
Improved consistency and completeness across the full user flow, from app entry through sleep routine completion.
Removing Inactive Content from All Surfaces
Tracks and albums no longer eligible for display are now consistently filtered across browse, library, playback queue, and sleep sessions, with visibility logic unified under a single rule set.
Refining the Sleep Entry Flow
Reworked the screen flow for sleep entry and healing mode. No new features were added; the focus was on reorganizing existing UI elements to create a cohesive, uninterrupted transition through each step.
Screens Designed as Scenes, Not Feature Panels
Redesigned the sleep entry screen and content selection flow as a single coherent experience rather than a collection of independent components.
Removing What No Longer Belongs
Removed unused UI elements and improved consistency in lock screen remote controls and sleep mode copy.
Refining the Sleep Entry Screen and Lock Screen Controls
Consolidated the sleep entry flow into a single continuous interaction and unified the state source for lock screen remote controls to ensure consistency with actual playback.
Uninterrupted Sleep from the Lock Screen
Sleep session playback and alarm state are now maintained consistently after the screen is turned off, with lock screen remote controls fully synchronized to actual playback state.
Visual Previews for Sleep Session Selection
The sleep session selection screen was redesigned to display preview images alongside each option, enabling immediate visual recognition of session content before selecting.
Restructuring Sleep Entry Around a Prefetch-First, Single-Routine Flow
Consolidated content recommendation, alarm setup, and session saving on the sleep entry screen into a single cohesive routine, with improvements to data readiness and playback state consistency.
Sleep Routine Consolidated into a Single Flow
Content selection, alarm setup, and session saving are now unified into a single sleep-entry flow rather than separate screens.
Restructuring the Pre-Sleep Flow into a Single Unified Experience
Reorganized the fragmented pre-sleep steps — content selection, alarm setup, and session saving — into a single continuous flow.
Reducing Friction at Sleep Mode Entry
Redesigned the sleep mode onboarding flow and ensured consistent playback state across the lock screen and notifications.
Distinct Entry Experiences per Context
Separated the visual language of the playback screen, lock screen, and sleep entry to ensure each context has its own consistent presentation.
Streamlining the Path to Sleep
The sleep onboarding flow was restructured to unify content selection, alarm configuration, and session preview into a single coherent sequence, with consistent transitions and display logic across each step.
The Sleep Screen Was Presenting Too Much Information
Reduced information density on the sleep playback screen header and session card, resulting in a clearer, more focused experience at the point of sleep onset.
Anchoring the Mini Player to a Single Source of Truth
Refactored playback state architecture so the mini player always reflects the actual audio, video, and mount state. Unified sleep routine flow into a single state source.
A Persistent Mini Player Across Every Mode
Redesigned the mini player to be context-aware per mode, and unified the pre-sleep routine into a single continuous flow.
Unifying the Pre-Sleep Screen into a Single Flow
Consolidated content selection, alarm setup, and session saving — previously separate steps — into a single, continuous screen flow.
Removing a Mode Entry from the Navigation
Removed an unused navigation entry and restructured the pre-sleep flow into a single cohesive routine.