TiVo: Global Search
Designed 6 new features for TiVo’s Android & iOS apps. Video Player, Global Search and Movie/TV Show Detail Content Page being some of the key revenue generators. I also evaluated heuristics of various competitors’ apps & led a successful design discussion within the UX team.
Let's take a look into one of the features.
Auto curated recent search results and trending searches for minimum typing. Users loved this screen for its clarity and focus.
Dynamic search allowed users to search just a keyword without the full name. The filters help to narrow down the search results. The 'Create Wishlist' feature was a delightful surprise to many users during testing.
Ability to suggest the correct keyword through machine learning algorithm was a huge win especially with the foreign movie/show names.
Early Iterations
These designs did not make it to the final mocks, purely based on the feedback from testing. Users come to search a specific show/movie with very little expectation from the app to suggest something different. They want to get to the show/movie screen as quickly as possible. Providing links to collections, trending, etc. was not serving their primary purpose. Helping users with recent search results and few auto curated trending searches did the job.
