Three-year old startup Pixate has recently joined the design team of Google. This means designing prototypes and tools not only for Android but also iOS is now easier. This includes Form 1.3 so any designer can make more fluid and sophisticated mobile prototypes for most mobile platforms. Pixate’s joining Google will benefit most designers and developers who rely on this visual platform to make prototypes of apps.
Pixate is a tool that allows choreographed interactions to make any app work smoothly before public release. With Pixate, any designer can make their smart ideas into reality especially if they don’t really know how to do the more complicated stuff.
A lot of devs and startups have used Pixate Studio to bring their app ideas to prototypes then to actual working apps. Google and Pixate’s partnership makes the desktop app finally free for all. With this, collaborating on prototypes among Pixate cloud account users can be done without any problem. Aside from the two companies joining forces, the Pixate Studio will also receive some new features like audio/video asset support, duplication of animations across layers, and canvas zoom.
This deal will definitely expand Pixate Studio’s reach. It’s already a big part of every developer and designer’s workflow and teaming up with Google will certainly bring the programs to millions. There will also be changes to the Pixate cloud service as some fees will be reduced.
SOURCE: Google
