Is there any prospect less appealing than interacting with your telecom provider? Whether checking your data balance or paying your latest bill, the experience is typically a slog.
But not for the 60 million customers of Claro, Brazil’s second-largest telecom provider. Thanks to a carefully considered mobile app reboot, orchestrated by digital studio Work & Co, Claro customers can now manage their accounts with far less friction and far more simplicity than ever before.
The New My Claro mobile (“Novo Minha Claro móvel”) design is all about “prioritizing the features that really impact people’s lives,” according to Work & Co founding partner Marcelo Eduardo. For achieving that goal, New My Claro has been named a 2020 Innovation by Design winner in the Latin America category.
Other features point toward My Claro’s respect for its customers’ time and often tight budgets. When the app is updating a customer’s data, instead of a generic loading screen, My Claro displays “the most important thing in your account right now,” says Eduardo, such as your bill total, or a warning that your data balance is running low.
User testing, Eduardo adds, served as a humbling reminder that “$5 makes a lot of difference in a lot of people’s lives.” To help customers support one another, his team created a drag-and-drop feature that allows friends and family to share data.
Following a soft-launch last December, My Claro was downloaded 250,000 times. Today, it’s being used by millions of Claro customers.
Going forward, the company plans to integrate its TV and broadband products into the app as well.
See more honorees from the 2020 Innovation by Design Awards here.