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Yesterday, Zyl launched to repurpose all the photos buried in your camera roll that you forgot about. Why? Because you probably don’t do anything with 99% of your photos.

Zyl is reminiscent of apps like Timehop; it’s a “social network” of sorts that creates a “story” for you every day to surface photo memories between you and your friends. 📸

According to founder Mathieu Spiry, the idea behind Zyl is to create a “social graph of your memories.” Really, it’s just a super easy way to make use of all those lost photos.

When asked how this differs from similar tools already available in Google Photos and iOS Photos, Spiry explained that it’s all about the social interactions that happen on Zyl.

The PH community had some interesting takes on how they could see themselves using the app:

“This is actually an interesting concept - I'd certainly love my future family to be able to look back in time and understand who I was, what I did, and the legacy I wanted to leave behind.“ - Martin

“Fun icebreaker to reach out to friends I get to see less these days.” - S. Lee

Thoughts on Zyl? Share them here. 🙌

When you think back on the breakout products in 2019, you think things like TikTok (and apps to support TikTok), Disney+ and Honey (acquired by PayPal for $4 billion).

But what's in store for 2020? Here are some companies to keep an eye on:

Byte is the highly anticipated reboot from the founders of Vine, expected to give TikTok some competition in the bite-sized video world this year (read more about it here). In it’s first week live, the app garnered over one million downloads. Byte’s founders hope the app will stand out from the pack by helping content creators actually make money (TikTok isn’t great at this right now).

“Honestly it's already really good. Surprised and now I actually do think TikTok will get a run for their money.” - Anthony

Cameo ($65.2 million raised) is an app that lets you book videos from celebrities to send personalized shout outs to your friends and family. When we talked to Cameo’s founders in August, they had 18,000 celebrities using the platform and had delivered over 300,000 video requests.

“People love receiving these, it's memorable, it's easy, same amount of money you'd spend on a gift card or a couple drinks for your friend.” - David

Kenshō Health ($1.3 million raised) has been dubbed the “antithesis of Goop” — it’s a database for holistic health backed by science. Kenshō Health used a community of experts and a scientific publisher to create its product, which aims to take the guesswork out of holistic medicine.

“A brilliant and much needed resource! Kensho empowers people to design a holistic approach to their health—from vetted practitioners to researched education/knowledge to enable people to make their own decisions in a new and sometimes overwhelming space.” - Steph

Fast ($2.5 million raised) is a super useful tool that can be used on any website for a secure, one-click login and checkout. Bye bye, passwords.

“This is a very big idea that can remove a real pain point for both consumers and brands. I don’t want to give all my data to Google and Facebook. Seems like a slick experience, hope lots of sites adopt this.” - Paul

The Product Hunt community told us to keep an eye on a few startups in the no-code sphere, including Voiceflow and Glide. We’re also going to watch startups that reduce single-use plastic (like Notpla and Blueland), as well as plant-based meat alternatives (like Nuggs).

If you want to add your own predictions, tell us here. 👈

Amazon Dating is going semi-viral rn. The site’s UX is so similar to to Amazon Prime it’s scary, but instead of books and electronics and toothpaste, you can buy a date. 👀

FYI: You can’t actually purchase a person on the site, in case there’s any confusion. The site is a parody, developed by makers Ani Acopian, Suzy Shinn, Morgan Gruer and the animation studio Thinko. The idea is to poke fun at dating apps, especially in a world where big tech companies are launching dating services.

When you click through Amazon Dating, each person’s page looks like a typical product page, complete with a price and description that lists silly personality traits like “owns every Glossier product” and “famous on TikTok” and “leases a Tesla Model 3.” The makers really went all out with this internet bit — they partnered with micro-influencers on Twitter for fake ads and there’s even a “ non-ghosting agreement” (NGA). If anything, the site will make you laugh.

We’ve actually seen a ton of full-blown parody products launch lately, with MSCHF notoriously leading the charge (read all about their “Banksy of the Internet” ethos here). But the idea behind this new wave of prank products — from GAN-generated foot pics to a stocks app based on astrology — is to spark cultural commentary, especially in an era where the consequences of technology seem increasingly dire.

In the comments of the Amazon Dating post, one PH community member speculated that the product’s launch would be more appropriate on April Fool’s Day. “We like to have fun more than one day a year,” Wojtek Witkowski, one of the Makers, wrote back.

Google (sort of) just launched a TikTok competitor.

The new app is called Tangi and it resembles apps like TikTok and Instagram with its vertically-oriented short-form videos. What sets Tangi apart, however, is that the app is intended for how-to videos specifically, and creators need to apply to participate. The app actually bears a striking similarity to Jumprope, an app made for quickly-shot videos that help people discover how to do anything from building a gourmet cheeseboard to making lipstick to embroidery.

Tangi comes out of Area 120, Google’s experimental in-house incubator that has led to products like Game Builder, Rivet, CallJoy, Touring Bird, Emojishot, Chatbase and Shoelace.

When we talked to Jumprope founder Jake Poses about their launch in April of last year, he alluded to why Instagram Stories-like videos are successful — they’re visual and focus on short snippets of content. As a creator, they’re easy to shoot and edit and as a viewer, you can control the speed at which you consume them. 📹

This seems to be the idea behind Tangi, which has started by encouraging creatives to share how-to videos on topics like painting, cooking, fashion, crafting and beauty, among others. The app is leaning into the “how-to” culture that runs rampant on platforms like, say, YouTube.

Would you use this to shoot or watch how-to videos? We want to know what you think. 👀

In December, we wrote about the first AI-powered yoga assistant, a product that uses motion tracking and data to analyze your movements during yoga. Now, AI-enabled fitness is extending beyond yoga and coming for your entire exercise routine.

Last week, Next! Fitness launched on Product Hunt to help gym goers *actually* achieve their goals. How it works: Users work out with smart mirrors in a physical gym (the first one is in SF) that demo how to do each workout, count your reps and give feedback on your form. More specifically, the smart mirror gym will give you a detailed workout plan and encourage you to push a little further. After finishing an exercise, the mirror will point you to where in the gym you need to go for your next exercise.

Next! Fitness is reflective (no pun intended) of the rise of fitness startups that utilize smart mirrors and screens, which includes products like Mirror, Tonal and Peloton. What’s different about Next! Fitness is the physical element — it’s just a regular gym but with smarter equipment. 💪

Some early reviews from users:

“I got to go to their SF gym. The smart mirror looks amazing and the space is gorgeous. I quite like the ability to track my reps in the app.” - Manish

“I love the fact that it could turn a workout into a social experience.” - Austin

“I was fortunate enough to test out Next last month as a beta user. The full gym experience, recommendations, and body composition insights were better than any gym I've been too.” - Adam

Would you sign up for this? Tell us here. 👈

The last frontier of DTC startups seems to be...emergency kits. 🚨

According to JUDY, a company that launched earlier this week to help people better prepare for emergencies, over 60% of Americans have no plan in disaster situations. JUDY’s solution is a bright orange box full of things like meal replacement bars, water, first-aid supplies, phone chargers, blankets and dusk masks, along educational content to better prepare you for emergencies.

That last part — the educational content — is what JUDY hopes will separate it from the competition; the company can help you prepare for emergencies depending on where you live in the world. If you go to the company’s website, there’s a nifty little tool that lets you enter your zip code to understand the natural disasters that could occur in your area, such as earthquakes, fires, floods and hurricanes. You can then download a corresponding plan to understand how to better prepare for unpredictable emergencies.

“Over a year ago, we set out with the mission to understand why American families were so vastly underprepared for emergencies. Through this journey, we’ve spoken to hundreds of people across the country and tapped some of the greatest minds in emergency management. We learned quickly that the act of purchasing an emergency kit is not enough. Without the knowledge and know-how of what to do in an emergency, you are not prepared.” - JUDY Maker Nik Sharma

Would you get a JUDY kit? Tell us here. Here’s what a few early adopters think:

“I remember over preparing for certain emergencies as a child - would be much better to have actually guided walkthroughs for the whole family.” - Trent

“A DTC brand for emergencies. Very clever! The design is pretty dope as well.” - Anthony

“My wife put one of these together once the earthquakes and fires started in LA. Her brother is Army Special Forces so he helped a lot based on domain knowledge but we found many of our friends were unprepared as well. It’s one of those things you wish you had after it’s already too late.” - Sean

What does the internet know about us? 🤔

Well, over 350 companies hold sensitive personal data on any given person and about eight new companies get ahold of your data every month. Enter: Mine.

How it works: Mine lets you discover all the companies that hold your personal data in ~30 seconds. Then, in (literally) one-click you can request for the company to forget you. It’s a superrrr easy way to clean up your digital footprint from all the times you bought something online or signed up for a new digital service.

“Having been on the inside of the tech world, my co-founders and I saw how people, and even ourselves are losing trust in companies,” Mine co-founder and CEO Gal Ringel wrote on Product Hunt. “Our goal is to help you reduce unnecessary online exposure, without compromising your digital experience.” 

The company has spent the last year in stealth until the company launched last week. It’s important that the company does not process or collect the content of your emails or your personal data, even though you have to give them access to your email to use the tool.

Some early reactions from the PH community (they were mixed):

“We, at Designmodo, have received two requests from this service today. It seems to work well for registered users and subscribers.” - Adrian

“Amazed to see how many places have my info even if I didn’t use them for years.” - Gabby

“If you can send the email on behalf of the user's email, that would make it more likely for me to accept the GPDR request directly.” - Benjy

The 5th annual Golden Kitty Awards have come to an end. You nominated thousands of products across 25 categories, casting tens of thousands of upvotes to select the winners.

So without further ado, here are the 2019 Golden Kitty winners in each of the 25 product categories

🌍 Social Impact Product of the Year: Wren 

🛠 Hardware Product of the Year: MacBook Pro 16“

📱 Mobile App of the Year: GitHub for Mobile 

🖋 Design Tool of the Year: Figma Plugins 

🖥 Dev Tool of the Year: Composer 

🌈 Diversity and Inclusion Product of the Year: Elpha 

⛓ Crypto Product of the Year: Snowball Money 

🙌No Code Product of the Year: Makerpad 

💰 Fintech Product of the Year: Predicto 

🤖 AI & Machine Learning Product of the Year: FaceMaze 

🌚 Side Project Product of the Year: Leave Me Alone 

🌴 Remote Work Tool of the Year: Nomad List 5.0 

🙀 WTF Product of the Year: Bird News Now 

🗣 Audio & Voice Product of the Year: Descript Podcast Studio 

😎 AR Product of the Year: Wanna Kicks 

💪 Health & Fitness Product of the Year: Zenia 

🏡 Smart Home Product of the Year: Lazy

🔐 Privacy Focused Product of the Year: Brave 

💋SexTech Product of the Year: Coral 

📦D2C Product of the Year: Haus 

😸PetTech Product of the Year: Whistle GO 

💀Product Memoriam: Inbox by Google  

🌟 Product of the Year: AirPods Pro 

Check out the winners, runner ups and honorable mentions in all 25 categories here .

We also gave out two data-driven (non-voting) awards. Congrats to our Maker of the Year, Marie Prokopets, and Community Member of the Year, Kunal Bhatia.

And a big thank you to our sponsors Xometry, monday.com, Dave, Spoke, Airtable, Public.com, Conde Nast and Bevy. 

Congrats to all makers for building awesome things in 2019. 😺

TLDR; We launched something new.

Since Product Hunt launched in 2013, we’ve seen more than 150,000 products launch on the platform, upvoted by millions of people and discovered by several million more.

But we have many more ideas we want to explore around product discovery independent of producthunt.com. So we quietly started working on a new site and brand last year, taking our learnings from the past six years to build something new that we hope you’ll enjoy. We’re calling it YourStack and it’s a place to share and discover the products you use and love.

Why did we build this? The products we use have a major influence on our lives, and today we have more options than ever. Right now, we’re turning to our friends and experts offline and on broader social networks like Twitter and Instagram to ask things like:

“What workout apps do you use?” 

“Which smart home security system do you have?”

“What do you use to make coffee in the morning?”

“Which tools do you use to manage your startup’s distributed team?”

“What’s your favorite book on psychology?”

Our goal with YourStack is to create a home for these conversations, along with a community of people sharing and discovering the products they love. ❤️

How it works:

• Everyone has a profile to showcase their stack (aka the products they use). For example, here’s Ryan Hoover’s stack. Who knew he was such a big fan of the Corosi Air Fryer? And here’s Naval’s stack. TIL he’s a Rumble Boxing fan.
• Your stack might include things like the apps on your home screen, a book that changed your perspective, your favorite smart home gadget or your favorite beauty accessory. The more products you stack, the more useful YourStack becomes. 
• You can also use our ‘Pro Tips’ feature to learn new things about the products you already use. For example, did you know you check your AirPods’ battery level on your iPhone? Or did you know about the hidden ‘Concerts’ feature on Spotify? Pro tips are like a community-generated user manual of secrets, hacks, and how-tos. 

Similar to Product Hunt’s launch six years ago, we’re limiting the number of people that can join as we gather feedback and improve the product. Join us and share your stack.

Vine is back... kind of. The highly-anticipated reboot from the founders of Vine, a new app called Byte, is finally here. 🎉

The app debuted on iOS and Android on Friday with a “creativity first” mission. How it works: Byte lets you upload content from your camera roll or shoot media using the app’s camera. You then share your creations — six-second videos — just like you used to on Vine. It also sounds a lot like TikTok.

However, Byte’s founders hope the app will stand out from the pack by helping content creators actually make money (TikTok isn’t great at this right now). The app plans to launch a partner program in the near future that offers monetization option to popular creators on the app.

“We hope it’ll resonate with people who feel something’s been missing,” the Byte team wrote on Twitter.

Some early reactions:

“I was part of the BETA program during the last few months and Byte is really amazing: so much creativity bundled together.” - An

“This is the ‘TikTok’ killer. Vine should’ve never closed in the first place and swooped in.“ - Sean

“YouTube Byte compilations incoming...” - Andre

P.S. Follow us on Byte (@producthunt).