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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: Lead Product Designer
Collaborators: Software Engineers, Product Team, UI Designers
Platform: In-vehicle infotainment (IVI), Toyota Drive+ Link
Scope: 0→1, Phase 1 + Phase 2
<aside> 🗣️ My Role I was the lead designer on this project from discovery through launch, collaborating with a UI designer and working through multiple rounds of internal review. The project shipped in two phases: Phase 1 delivered the core health dashboard, Phase 2 extended the experience into navigation and the IVI homepage.
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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.
The core constraint was data. Real-time health API access was cost-prohibitive, which meant displaying live heart rate or stress levels during a drive was off the table. We had to design something meaningful within the boundaries of periodic sync and manual refresh.
This shifted the design question from "what data can we show" to "what data actually matters to someone before, during, or after a drive.”