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Get unlimited entertainment on two devices at same time
Create a personal 'Watchlist' and easily access your collection
Use the voice search feature to look for your favorite shows and superstars
More than 4,000 hours of infotainment and lifestyle content across 40 plus genres, including science, adventure, food, lifestyle and others
Watch thousands of science, technology, wildlife, food and DIY clips and share the videos on WhatsApp, with just one-click
Content available in 8 languages: English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada and Malayalam
A youngster-friendly, fun learning section with educative videos and playlists
With users owning more than one device, the goal here is to design and deliver a consistent experience across devices, regardless of where the user starts, continues, and ends the journey
Users who opt for premium content, can select a monthly or an annual subscription model. They can pay via the quick In-App purchasing feature, or even choose to make a credit/debit card payment through any of their registered devices
The video player is a powerful tool to keep an audience engaged
Basic functions like, start, stop, restart video and volume adjustment are designed for accessibility and efficiency
Users can also easily use various inbuilt options like:
3 to 5 minutes short clips, which can be viewed and shared (with a special one click WhatsApp share). The videos are autoplayed with a turn off option, or viewers can choose to see full episodes
Users are getting more comfortable with speaking to their devices, as opposed to traditionally typing their queries. We have integrated an efficient and responsive search engine with a platform-specific voice command feature, where users can search for their favourite shows, shorts and episodes.
The casting feature is an easy way of connecting web, tablet and mobile to a TV. The feature allows users to enjoy a big screen experience with family and friends
D+ is designed, keeping in mind a dynamic architecture that is not monolithic, but modular in nature
Harnessing the power of new-age technologies, content rendering and video playback is almost real-time
PBCs are leveraged heavily, to give businesses the flexibility to configure the content and create UX on the fly. E.g. Adding new content rails take around 2 clicks and less than 5 minutes
To achieve the right experience, D+ is designed and delivered through DesignOps (multiple Design Sprints) + DevOps (multiple Agile Sprints) principles
Represent the basic building blocks of a design system. An example of this is a button or a text style
A group of atoms work together as a unit. Molecules are tangible UI elements
Atoms and molecules work together to form a component
Placing components into a layout lead to a content structure
Pages are the highest level of fidelity
The system goes beyond designing buttons and pages. It can be used during a complete product lifecycle
We have followed Android & iOS guidelines to maintain consistency of design elements and interactions across device interfaces
For example - The back button on Android helps the user move forward/backward between screens. The absence of the same in iOS, marginally alters the design treatment
Subtle design adaptations are necessary to maintain a balance between platform guidelines and the created design system
Using a consistent aspect ratio for all the images of a particular section, make the visual display richer
Once the aspect ratio is determined, (multiple ratios are chosen for different sections) the image sizing is done. Smaller images are faster to download, but larger images bring the ‘wow’ factor to a big screen. The trick is in finding the right balance
Discovery+ earlier this year, had a breakthrough launch in a cluttered OTT market like India with a differentiated product targeted at lifelong learners and passionate communities. The team at Robosoft played a significant role in building this multi-platform experience spanning iOS, Android, Web and Fire TVs. Their team comprises an extremely dedicated bunch of folks with a keen problem solving approach and under the stellar leadership of Ravi Teja, Jay Shah, Srinidhi Rao and Pooja Bal, they have been the kind of dependable partners that a lot of brands would be fortunate to have. I wish them and their team the best for their future.
Issac John
Ex-Business Head, Discovery Plus,
Discovery
India