Gaia/System/ConsumptionControl

Team

• UX: Josh Carpenter (IRC: jcarpenter)
• Eng: Chris Jones (IRC: cjones)

Status

• Stage:
• Release target:

Questions

• Can we confirm our engineering / busrequirements for this phase? And outline UX deliverables?
• What information do we want to provide him/her (e.g. Apps using more data)?
• What options do users get (e.g. buy more data, limit app traffic, switch-off 3G and use wifi only)?
• Do we enable specific contraints/abilities for individual apps? eg:
  • ...restrict app type X to specific connections (eg: Skype is allowed wifi only).
  • ...allow app type Y to automatically select preferred connection in certain conditions (eg: switch to WiFi if approaching data limits).
  • ...etc

Requirements

• User can restrict heavy-bandwidth interactions (eg: app updates) to specific pre-conditions (eg: "update only when connected to WiFi")
• User can turn mobile data usage ON/OFF
• User can quickly adjust connectivity settings
• User can track data consumption totals (eg: Android's Settings > Data Usage feature)
• User can track data consumption (both total, and per-app)
• User can limit data consumption (both total, and per app)
• User can be warned when close to the limits
• User can be given data consumption options (eg: purchase more minutes via link to carrier site, etc)