IoT devices have grown rapidly, with over 31 billion devices currently in use, expected to reach 75 billion by 2025. The future of IoT looks promising, with smaller, more powerful devices benefiting industries like medical and industrial manufacturing. IoT devices facilitate automation, control, monitoring and efficiency, improving quality of life.

IoT UX differs from regular UX, requiring a different approach to design for user actions, personalization and integration with other IoT devices. IoT devices are categorized into home, enterprise and industrial devices, each with unique functionalities. Design thinking in IoT helps create new goals and solutions, supporting financial goals and enhancing user experience. Technical, governing and human resource challenges need to be addressed to realize the true value of IoT. The key to designing a great IoT UX is to understand the erratic nature of IoT and add its interactions accordingly. Good user research is needed to understand users’ expectations for IoT devices. The basics remain the same and designers need to spend more time understanding how IoT works.

With our latest whitepaper- The Significance of UI/UX on IoT understand how user task flows can be spread over different devices, different interaction models and different usage contexts, increasing complexity for designers. Users expect that using connected devices together will offer a superior experience compared to using each device individually.