Bridge: Bridging the Digital Divide with an Educational Application for Empowering Smartphone Users

The digital divide has been an ongoing topic in digital society for a long time, but when people focus on smartphone users, there is a group that is easily overlooked. They have the ability to own a smartphone but are unable to interact with the digital society due to a lack of learning platforms or individual reasons, and the dilemma they face does not seem to receive the attention it deserves. This paper focuses on the characteristics of this group, explains the causes of the digital divide, and the importance of smartphones in digital literacy. Based on the pain points and needs of this vulnerable group, a smartphone educational application called Bridge is designed as a way to solve the problem and create a convenient learning platform for them.