I personally donât mind the changes and actually quite like them, but Iâve watched several other people really and truly struggle with them to the point of just closing the app and saying âscrew it, Iâm gonna move banks!â
This isnât hyperbole, or even my point of view, but itâs how Iâve witnessed people interact with the new layout who are long term Monzo customers
Not necessarily completely random but Reddit also did a Poll and it skewed towards people prefering the new view more. Granted it was close, but I feel like peopleâs first reactions are always more negative so for it to be winning straight away is a good sign for the future. Interestingly people with a single card only prefered it more than those with mutliple (I assume since the UI doesnât really change for single card users but mixes it up a bit more for multi-card users)
I am a single account user and have become accustomed to the new layout, just as I did the previous layout, despite being opposed to both changes initially.
Those who use Monzo more inclusively though, shall experience far more challenges or changes to their daily interaction than I ever will, so if course their view will be skewed accordingly.
The issue for any provider of any service is finding that equilibrium common ground to appease the masses.
As promised weâve just released an early version of our new account views into labs
This change brings more consistency to the primary areas of the app and sees us fully move away from the carousel navigation.
If youâd like to give it a try, head to Settings>Labs>toggle on âNew personal account viewsâ. Theres a separate toggle if youâd like to try with business accounts too: âNew business account viewsâ
As this is an early version, itâs still missing some polish which youâll see introduced over the next few weeks;
The transition between views will be smoother
weâll support gestures to go back to Home in iOS (the system back gesture works already on Android)
If you experience issues, please let us know and remember that you can toggle the change back off if you encounter any serious difficulties.
Super excited for you to try the new experience and hear your thoughts!
Great work. Pleased to see the old carousel phasing out now. One initial observation is in the way the personal/joint/connected cards appear when tapped vs Flex. The new view for accounts sort of appear on screen, whereas Flex pops up a card in front of the Home Screen. Making them consistent would be good.
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davidwalton
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Great work!
One minor thing Iâve noticed - if you pick any card in the home stack that is behind/above the bottom card in the stack, then double-tap on it, then once youâre in the card display, swipe a back gesture (Android) and the bottom half of the card is drawn on top of the stack for a micro-second or two. Not enough to annoy, but it could be polished.
Agreed with this, and looks from the original post from Connor that this will be integrated in the next couple of weeks if Iâm reading right.
Feels so much cleaner this way, and the animation is smooth between them. Im also a massive fan of not having to click twice to get into any stacked cards, that is SO much better.
Will have a play around shortly but as per other times iâve enabled stuff via Labs:
Enabling adds a âTap to find out moreâ entry into my feed. Normally this opens a screen with info, or does nothing⌠This time, itâs actually crashing my app.
Android 14, Pixel 8 Pro, Monzo 5.50.0 beta
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davidwalton
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I like the new, fresh look a lot. And thatâs coming from someone who loved the carousel UX.
Great stuff
Is it possible to get into upper cards in the home stack with just one tap? It seems wasteful to have to tap, then tap again to get into the card details. All of the functionality is the same on the card itself (after 1 tap in the home screen, and after tap#2 to get to the card display), so it seems more natural to me to quickly (1 tap) select which card you want to view or take action with, and then concentrate on what you want to do with it from the card display screen.
You folks have the data so will know how people use their accounts, but do you really need such a big âadd moneyâ button? and might âpay inâ be a more natural phrase for this?
An awful lot of core banking functionality is hidden behind the ellipsis button.
I linke the new view. A small but annoying issue: For credit cards, it doesnât show âpendingâ under the transactions. You have to click a transaction to see if itâs still pending or not. Same goes for the activity feed on the new home page. Would be good to see pending there too.