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Apple Watch Companion app

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Description

Your use case
What would you like to do?

Have Element iOS have a companion Apple Watch app.

This app would function somewhat similar to Telegram's Apple Watch app, limited in functionality, but still enough to follow conversations with.

Why would you like to do it?

Telegram offering a companion app to telegram proved to be incredibly useful with quickly glancing and following conversations while on the go, in situations where grabbing my phone would be dangerous or illegal (as it is while biking).

As Matrix offers the opportunity to do bridging, i could use Element to keep track of all of my conversations everywhere, and use the Watch app to do this even while im preoccupied.

Have you considered any alternatives?

No response

Additional context

This is not a duplicate of https://github.com/vector-im/element-ios/issues/4572, as that issue has found a viable alternative for its request, while I find an element-branded (and linked) app to be far more attractive.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start by reviewing the Element iOS repository and the related issue linked in the request to understand existing alternatives and constraints. The issue names no files, tests, or entry points; done would mean defining and delivering an Element-branded Apple Watch companion that supports following conversations while on the go.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
swift
Domain
mobile-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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