Covi

Here are some cool shots from the glass blowing process :) https://youtu.be/Mzj9oaBvebM

@silas_ade Thanks Silas. Do you have any other questions?

@tobias_eichenwald I've seen the production schedule on Kick-starter and it looks achievable, so i'm rooting for you guys. What's the plan after kickstarter?

@silas_ade After Kickstarter, we're going through 3 different production runs with our manufacturing partners, all in different batch sizes. The first pre-series will just be a handful of devices to make sure the production techniques all work at scale. The next batch will be a few hundred devices in which we test all last details. After that we move into mass manufacturing. Do you use any other smart home devices?

@tobias_eichenwald Not at the moment, so i;m looking forward to trying one out :)

@silas_ade Sweet :) Thanks again for the support. Really appreciate it!

@vu0tran Thanks Vu :) Trying our best. You should check out some of the videos from glass blowing. It's really beatiful. For your question: We've already open sourced the software of Covi including the OS: https://github.com/getsenic/ - For speech, we're also looking into different options. At the moment you can use Covi the same way you would use Alexa (just in a piece of furniture for people who care about design with some additional functions) by using the Alexa trigger word. - We're also looking into opening this up in the future as well as adding additional speech services / be open to other speech services. - You can also trigger speech by simply tapping the base of Covi. - It would be really great to hear what you would like to have access to?

@flixko Thanks :) Really appreciate it. Covi is our second product. We've already shipped thousands of devices of our first product Covi which we made with local manufacturers. We're using a lot of the same manufacturers again. Glass was new to us but we also worked very closely with local glass manufacturers to get it production ready. Here you can see a really cool video of the prototyping process. If you're interested we could show you some of the manufacturing first hand?

@tobias_eichenwald thanks for the quick reply, really cool video indeed! And perfect that you can build on established relationships with manufacturers, would love to see more for sure.

@flixko Cool yea, just write us an email to hi@senic.com. Would love to show you. We put a lot of heart into making the product

@jaipandya Thanks Jai! :) We're working down a list of requested devices. The most common ones like Sonos and Philips Hue are integrated. - The best way to participate at the moment is to follow the repos on github: https://github.com/getsenic/seni... - Also, here is a basic overview of our developer documentation: https://developers.senic.com/ - We've been busy with preparing the kickstarter campaign but will update a lot more information. - We also have a developer newsletter that you can subscribe to: http://eepurl.com/bUbGND Please let me know if you have any other questions!!

@tobias_eichenwald Thanks! That answers my question. All the best for the Kickstarter campaign.

@jaipandya Thanks so much!! Really appreciate it!

@skagarroum Hey Skander, thanks for the question. Yes, we also built in a simple dimmer to adjust the brightness. We've already open sourced our software and are currently trying to collect some feedback on what people would like to get access to. Are you a developer? Any things that would be important to you?

@pompaskin Hi Alicia, thanks :) - Home automation: If you want to automatically start your Philips Hue in the morning, these sort of things all happen locally. - Speech: The device has two levels of speech recognition. The first level only happens locally where the device can only recognize the trigger word like Alexa. Only once the trigger word has been used, a connection to the cloud is opened (since the speech processing needs to happen there) I hope this helps! Thanks