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HealthGuard is an in-vehicle wellness experience embedded in Toyota Drive+ Link, Taiwan's largest OEM connected vehicle platform. The product bridges Garmin wearable health data with the in-car infotainment system, giving drivers a new way to stay aware of their health.
Role: Product Designer
Collaborators: Software Engineers, Product Design Team (UI Designers)
Platform: In-vehicle infotainment (IVI), Toyota Drive+ Link
Scope: 0 → 1, Phase 1 + Phase 2
Timeline: 6 months (Phase 1) + 4 months (Phase 2)
<aside> 🗣️ My Role
I was the lead designer on this project from discovery through launch, defining the interaction logic and translating it into mid-fidelity, with a UI designer taking the interface to final visual execution.
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HealthGuard started as a business collaboration between Garmin and Toyota, with a clear goal: add a health layer to Drive+ Link, Toyota's connected vehicle platform embedded in 200K+ vehicles across Taiwan.
But we hit technical constraints before we started.
Real-time health API access was outside the client's budget, which meant displaying information such as live heart rate was off the table. To work around this, we shifted direction to build something that could benefit a driver in the car, using data that remained meaningful even with only periodic sync and manual refresh.