PollenNav mobile app maps the city by what you can breathe, not just where you can walk

🇨🇳 Designboom·Jul 28, 20266:20 PM EDT·EN·2 min read
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PollenNav is a mobile navigation concept that prioritizes air quality and allergen data over traditional metrics like distance or speed. The interface creates a personalized map based on the user's respiratory health needs, recalculating routes to avoid high pollen counts or poor air quality zones.

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This represents a shift toward context-aware, hyper-personalized UX where environmental data directly alters the core functionality of a navigation product.

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