Liv Your City

What it does

Loneliness has become a silent pandemic in our society. Many struggle to form real-life connections, especially after college or moving to a new city. Often spending more time indoors which worsen their mental health. Liv Your City solves this by giving easy and non-overwhelming experiences to connect with others while encouraging you to explore your city.
City Exploration: Using Google Gemini API, the app generates personalized search results based on user preferences. We’ve tuned Gemini to broaden these preferences, to suggest places or activities that could be nearby, but users might never think of searching themselves
Currently, results are delivered in 4-5 minutes, but the release version will offer more accurate suggestions after 6-12 hours. This simulated wait time increases user appreciation for the results and encourages them to at least try something rather than just saving bookmarks.
Next features are coming soon, as they are currently out of scope and my capabilities. City’s Heartbeat: A local trend report created by Gemini based on user searches, helping users discover what’s happening in their city and might give them new ideas.
Groups: After 6-7 days of app use (filters out spammers and bots), users receive group invites created by Gemini. Users can join max 3 groups with 6 members each. These constraints make it non-overwhelming to interact in group chat and every member can know every other member. Thus, increasing the chance of real-life interactions.