Envisioning a concurrent web of experiences across your iPhone, Watch, AirPods and Mac

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Feb 25, 2017 · 2 min read

If you’ve ever bought something from your Computer using Apple Pay, you’ve experienced Concurrency.

It’s the moment when you click to pay for those online flowers with Apple Pay on your Mac, and your phone suddenly turns on to complete the transaction.

That’s Concurrency, and it’s kinda magical. It institutes the notion of there being one composite app that runs orchestrated and concurrent across your iPhone, AirPods, Watch and Mac.

This presents an approach where you have your phone with you (or nearby) at most times, but your accessories start to do more of the jobs to be done, and the phone can stay in your pocket.

Your AirPods are unethered, can do Siri, are very well designed, and sound great. The nuisance of dealing with various Bluetooth pairings is resolved, making them truly mobile.

Now, add to that #AR. You can imagine a pair of visual overlay glasses that run interactive, geo, spacial aware guides for were you are at, what you are doing and what you like.

One example is a ‘Bucket List’ Bot that watches in the background, and when your geo proximity places you near a favorite restaurant, monument, or wish list to visit, the Bucket List gives you a meaningful, pleasant cue that you can call into action by touching the glasses a certain way or giving it direction using Siri.