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A voice-guided recipe app, offering hands-free, step-by-step cooking instructions and smart appliance integration to automate tasks like preheating ovens or setting timers, making cooking easier, cleaner, and more enjoyable.
A voice-guided recipe app, offering hands-free, step-by-step cooking instructions and smart appliance integration to automate tasks like preheating ovens or setting timers, making cooking easier, cleaner, and more enjoyable.
Role
Product Designer
Industry
Food & Beverage
Year
2025
Services
User Experience
Prototyping
User Flow
Problem Overview
Design a comprehensive voice-guided AI cooking assistant for Apple Watch that transforms the kitchen experience by providing hands-free recipe guidance while seamlessly integrating with smart kitchen appliances for automated cooking tasks.
Design a comprehensive voice-guided AI cooking assistant for Apple Watch that transforms the kitchen experience by providing hands-free recipe guidance while seamlessly integrating with smart kitchen appliances for automated cooking tasks.
Design Process
Understand
Understand
Understand
Define the problem
Identify user needs
Define the problem
Identify user needs
Research
Research
Research
User interviews & surveys
Competitive analysis
User interviews & surveys
Competitive analysis
Define
Define
Define
User personas Problem statements User flows
User Flow
User Personas
Ideate
Ideate
Ideate
Brainstorm solutions
Mood board
Sketches
Wireframes
Sketches
Wireframes
Test
Test
Test
Prototype
Usability testing Iterate based on feedback
Prototype
Usability testing
The Problem
Modern home cooks face multiple friction points that interrupt their cooking flow: constantly checking phones or tablets with messy hands, manually managing multiple timers and temperatures, and struggling to coordinate complex recipes with smart appliances. Traditional recipe apps require visual attention and touch interaction, creating hygiene concerns and workflow disruptions in active cooking environments.
Modern cooks struggle with device use, multiple timers, and complex appliance coordination, disrupting their cooking flow.
User Pain Points
During Active Cooking:
Recipe steps are too detailed for quick audio consumption
Hands are dirty, wet, or occupied — touch interaction breaks down
Multiple timers and processes become overwhelming to track
Smart appliance controls are scattered across separate apps
During Active Cooking:
Recipe steps are too detailed for quick audio consumption
Hands are dirty, wet, or occupied — touch interaction breaks down
Multiple timers and processes become overwhelming to track
Smart appliance controls are scattered across separate apps
Recipe Management:
No adaptive pacing based on cooking progress
Complex recipes require constant screen-checking
Limited on-the-fly modification for dietary needs or ingredients
Poor integration between instructions and appliance controls
Recipe Management:
No adaptive pacing based on cooking progress
Complex recipes require constant screen-checking
Limited on-the-fly modification for dietary needs or ingredients
Poor integration between instructions and appliance controls
Competitors Analysis
Target User
User Persona
User Journey Map
Based on user research and key pain points, I mapped out a clear information architecture to guide a simpler, more engaging way to navigate users through the experience.
UI Kit
UI Kit
Wireframes
Wireframes
Lo-fi wireframes
Lo-fi wireframes
Lo-fi wireframes
Interface
Interface
Mobile On-Boarding Experience
Mobile On-Boarding Experience
Mobile On-Boarding Experience
Voice Assistant
Voice Assistant
Smart Kitchen Appliances Control
Smart Kitchen Appliances Control
Smart Scanning
Timer
Step-by-step Cooking Instructions
